There are many good people to whom you could not go and sob out a story of failure and defeat; they would be bleakly unsympathetic. Whether it is truth or legend we cannot tell, for there are more things in this world than our matter-of-fact philosophy dreams of; and some think that Paul had so really passed through an experience of crucifixion with his Lord that he, too, bore the print of the nails in his hands. The lectionary chooses both to make optional the first six verses in the chapter and to eliminate the final two verses, perhaps hoping to make the passage slightly less difficult to interpret. Galatians 6 Commentary. The Greeks believed in Nemesis; they believed that, when a man did a wrong thing, immediately Nemesis was on his trail and sooner or later caught up. "I bear," said Paul, "the brands of Jesus in my body." Galatians 6:2, KJV: "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." 6:6-10 He who is being instructed in the word must share in all good things with him who is giving instruction. And Origen, the great Christian scholar and a universalist, believed that, although all men would be saved, even then the marks of sin would remain. He goes on to rebuke conceit and gives a recipe whereby it may well be avoided. Commentary on Galatians 5:13-15 (Read Galatians 5:13-15) The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1 Timothy 6:3, and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. Many excuse themselves from the work of religion, though they may make a show, and profess it. Twice in this passage Paul speaks about bearing burdens. And Paul goes on to say that when we see a man fall into a fault we do well to say, "There but for the grace of God go I.". He was not pleasedwith them. All Greek tragedy is a sermon on the text, "The doer shall suffer." He comes back to the centre of the matter. Galatians /. Paul wrote this letter about 50 years after thebirth of Jesus. The large letters may be due to three things. 6:1-5 Brothers, if a man is caught out in some moral slip-up, you whose lives are dominated by the Spirit must correct such a man with the spirit of gentleness, and, as you do it, you must think about yourselves, in case you too should be tempted. Galatians 6:14 "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." What does matter is to be re-created. (a) It would save them from persecution. “You who have … Continue reading "Commentary on Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16" For each man must carry his own pack. Paul has argued and rebuked and cajoled but his last word is GRACE, for him the only word that really mattered. Galatians 5. For the future. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 6:6-11 Many excuse themselves from the work of religion, though they may make a show, and profess it. The best of men slip up. In those days the Church was a really sharing institution. Verse 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. After the storm and stress and intensity of the letter comes the peace of the benediction. Let every man test his own work, and then any ground of boasting that he has will be in regard to himself and not in comparison with others. (b) In the last analysis, by circumcision and by keeping the rules and regulations of the law, they were trying to put on a show that would win the approval of God. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. If a man allows the lower side of his nature to dominate him, in the end he can expect nothing but a harvest of trouble. Paul knew the problems that arise in any Christian society. But there is also a burden which a man must bear himself. Galatians 6 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, as set of 17 volumes on the New Testament, the result of Barclay's dedicated work Like Mr. Valiant-for-Truth Paul said, "My marks and scars I carry with me to be my witness to him who will now be my rewarder.". Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Galatians 4:4-7 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Whereas many of Paul’s letters were written to churches in a particular city, such as Rome or Corinth, this letter was written to “the assemblies of Galatia”—a region in the central part of what we know today as Turkey. Commentary on Galatians 1:6-9 (Read Galatians 1:6-9) Those who would establish any other way to heaven than what the gospel of Christ reveals, will find themselves wretchedly mistaken. That really mattered very strict law… Galatians 6: [ 1-6 ] 7-16, Sarah Henrich, Preaching Week! S. 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