Monday, 7 November 2016

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4

Paul’s words now are directed to the head of the household, the father. The word is patér and it is generally used of a father, elder, ancestor, or senior.… Read the rest

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Galatians 6:18

This final greeting is extremely similar to that of the closing of the book of Philemon. There is a difference though in Paul’s use of the word “brethren” which he adds here.… Read the rest

Friday, 24 June 2016

From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Galatians 6:17

The words “From now on” are in the genitive case. Thus they are a temporal statement meaning “at any time in the future as distinguished from throughout the future” (Vincent’s Word Studies).… Read the rest

Thursday, 23 June 2016

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. Galatians 6:16

“And as many as walk according to this rule” is speaking of the rule he has just laid out concerning circumcision. It is a practice which avails nothing concerning our righteousness before God.… Read the rest

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. Galatians 6:15

The words “For in Christ Jesus” are given to show that a change occurs when one receives Christ. Past distinctions are set aside and there is a wholeness that all alike share in.… Read the rest