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Selected Verse: Galatians 5:8 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ga 5:8 |
King James |
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
This persuasion--Greek, "The persuasion," namely, to which you are yielding. There is a play on words in the original, the Greek for persuasion being akin to "obey" (Gal 5:7). This persuasion which ye have obeyed.
cometh not of--that is "from." Does not emanate from Him, but from an enemy.
that calleth you-- (Gal 5:13; Gal 1:6; Phi 3:14; Th1 5:24). The calling is the rule of the whole race [BENGEL]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This persuasion - This belief that it is necessary to obey the laws of Moses, and to intermingle the observance of Jewish rites with the belief of the Christian doctrines in order to be saved.
Not of him that calleth you - That is, of God, who had called them into his kingdom. That it refers to God and not to Paul is plain. They knew well enough that Paul had not persuaded them to it, and it was important now to show them that it could not be traced to God, though they who taught it pretended to be commissioned by him. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
This persuasion (ἡ πεισμονὴ)
Or, the persuasion. N.T.o. olxx, oClass. It occurs in Ignatius, Rom. iii.: and Just. Mart. Ap. i. 53. The sense is not passive, your being persuaded, but active, the persuasion which the Judaising teachers exert over you. Comp. Co1 1:4, πιθοῖς λόγοις persuasive words. There may be a slight word play on πείθεσθαι and πεισμονὴ. Obedience to the truth is the result of the persuasive power of the truth.
Him that calleth (τοῦ καλοῦντος)
Very often applied to God by Paul. See Rom 8:30; Rom 9:11; Co1 1:9; Co1 7:15; Gal 1:15; Th1 2:12 Th1 4:7; Th1 5:24; Th2 2:14. The persuasion to subject yourselves to the Jewish law does not proceed from him who called you to freedom in Christ. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
This your present persuasion cometh not from God, who called you - to his kingdom and glory. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
This persuasion - Of the necessity of your being circumcised and obeying the law of Moses, is not of him that calleth you. I never preached such a doctrine to you; I called you out of bondage to liberty, from a galling yoke to a cheerful service. Some translate πεισμονη, obedience or subjection. This subjection of yours to the Mosaic law is opposed to the will of God, and never was preached by me. |
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;