galatians-1:3-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:3

‘Grace to you, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.’ ‘Grace to you.’ Nothing can be more desirable than to have God looking on us and acting towards us in love and favour, and this is what is signified by ‘grace’ (GRACE - God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense). It speaks of the undeserved saving activity of God in all who believe. Thus Paul wants the Galatians to know that what he desires for them is simply that they enjoy the experience of the grace of God, which does not need... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:4-5

‘Who gave himself for our sins, that he may deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.’ He then declares that in full accordance with the Father’s will, Christ has freely given Himself up and paid a price for us (compare 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18-19), offering Himself up for our sins so as to set us free from all the controls and influences, and all the condemnation, of this present ‘evil age’. This... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:1-5

Galatians 1, 2 (roughly). Paul Vindicates his Independence. Galatians 1:1-Deuteronomy : . Paul’ s apostleship, denied by his enemies, is due neither to human initiative nor human mediation, but directly to God and Christ, the latter being viewed— in accordance with the fundamental doctrine of Christianity— as the risen One. Greetings are sent not from any church but from a group of friends; possibly Paul wrote while on a journey. The supreme greeting proceeds from God and Christ, but the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 1:3

A common, as well as religious and Christian, form of salutation; Paul’s mark in every Epistle, and used by him without any variation, (except in his Epistles to Timothy and Titus, where he only adds mercy &c.), the want of which, as also of his name, offers some grounds to doubt whether he wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. Paul had used it in the beginning of his Epistle to the Romans, and both the Epistles to the Corinthians: see the notes on Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 1:4

Which Christ, though he was put to death by Pilate and the Jews, yet he was not compelled to die; for he laid down his life, no man took it from him, John 10:17,John 10:18. Sometimes it is said, he died for our sins, as Romans 5:8; sometimes, that he gave himself, ( meaning, to death), as in Ephesians 5:2,Ephesians 5:25; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 2:14; he was given by his Father, and he gave himself by his own free and spontaneous act. For our sins, must be interpreted by other scriptures: here is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESGalatians 1:1. Paul, an apostle.—He puts his own name and apostleship prominent, because his apostolic commission needs to be vindicated against deniers of it. Not of, or from, men, but by, or from, Jesus Christ and God the Father. The divine source of his apostleship is emphatically stated, as also the infallible authority for the gospel he taught.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Galatians 1:1-5Apostolic Credentials.I. That apostolic credentials claim... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Galatians 1:4

DISCOURSE: 2049THE GREAT OBJECT OF CHRIST’S COMINGGalatians 1:4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.THESE words are a part of an introductory prayer, with which St. Paul begins almost all his epistles. The portion of it which I have selected for the subject of our present contemplation, expresses a truth, which, if stated in a didactic form, might have somewhat of a forbidding aspect; but, as... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Galatians 1:3

Grace Grace (in salvation). Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:15; Galatians 2:21; Romans 3:24. (See Scofield "Romans 3:24- :") . read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Galatians 1:4

sins Sin. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Galatians 1:4-5

The Object of Christ's Death A Sermon Intended for Reading on Lord's-Day, September 20th, 1896, Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington. On Lord's-day Evening, August 15th, 1886. "Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Galatians 1:4-5 . THE APOSTLE PAUL, in his writings, is notable for the fact that he scarcely ever mentions the name of the Lord Jesus... read more