Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:24
24. They that are Christ’s Who once gave themselves over to him, as you, Galatians, once did. Have crucified The Greek aorist crucified, (without the have,) that is, when you became Christ’s. And having so done we are bound not to let the flesh, with its affections and lusts, revive again and produce works. And in the next verse he shows how. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:13-26
2. But this freedom from circumcision, legalism, and ritualism must not pass into license, Galatians 5:13-26. Now follows a beautiful section on Christian morals. Absolved from old stereotype forms, let your Christian holiness be based on pure and simple right. Yet not natural and economic rectitude merely, but love, under aid of the divine Spirit, will lift you into the region of a divine purity. And then St. Paul draws us, under the contrast of spirit and flesh, two opposing pictures.... read more