Month: January 2008

Galatians 5:10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is. Truth to Learn Good doctrine produces confidence in the Church, and those who teach false doctrine will be judged harshly. Behind...

Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. Truth to Learn Any teaching in the church, no matter how small, which does not square with the Bible, needs to be abandoned. Behind the Words The word translated “leaven” is dzumē, which is probably derived from dzeō, meaning “to heat.”...

Galatians 5:8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. Truth to Learn We need to be persuaded by the truth, not the seductive messages of the world and false teachers. Behind the Words The word “this” does not appear in the Greek text. Instead, this should have...

Galatians 5:7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? Truth to Learn Get back in the race, pursuing the truth and serving God. Behind the Words The word translated “ran” is from the Greek word trechō, which means “to run.” This particular word is expressed in the...

  Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. Truth to Learn Faith is strengthened through acts of love, not through acts of obedience to a set of religious rules. Behind the Words The Greek word translated “avails” is ischuō, which...

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Truth to Learn Unlike those who think they can earn their righteousness, we eagerly wait for the day of our complete righteousness. Behind the Words “Eagerly wait for” is translated from the Greek word...

Galatians 5:4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. Truth to Learn You cannot be justified by keeping the law, and you cannot lose your salvation by falling from grace. Behind the Words The word translated “estranged” is...

    Galatians 5:3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. Truth to Learn No matter how obedient we are to laws, church ordinances, and regulations, we can never repay the debt that we owe to God...

    Galatians 5:2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. Truth to Learn Obedience to the Law of Moses (or any other set of rules and regulations) adds nothing to salvation. Behind the Words The word translated “indeed” is eidō...

  Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Truth to Learn Once we are freed from the bondage of church laws and rules we are not to return to that form...

  Galatians 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. Truth to Learn We are spiritually born free; therefore, we should live as freeborn sons and not as slaves to the law. Behind the Words The word translated “So then” is ara. Technically,...

  Galatians 4:30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman." Truth to Learn Get rid of your legalistic rules and practices. They have no place alongside a life...

  Galatians 4:29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Truth to Learn The bondage of legalism and religious acts of the flesh will not produce freedom or peace, but they may...

  Galatians 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. Truth to Learn We are the children of God through believing what He tells us in the Bible and works of the flesh add nothing to that. Behind the Words The New Testament was written in Greek,...

    Galatians 4:27 For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband." Truth to Learn Even in the Old Testament, God indicated that...

      Galatians 4:26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Truth to Learn We can choose freedom through simple faith in Christ or bondage through observance of a set of commands. Behind the Words The word translated “above” is ano, which means...

  Galatians 4:25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— Truth to Learn We have been set free from the slavery which is produced by trying to live by the Law, and we want to...

  Galatians 4:24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— Truth to Learn Living your life under a collection of spiritual rules and guidelines produces bondage. Behind the Words It was pointed out a...

      Galatians 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, Truth to Learn Works of the flesh, like obeying man made spiritual laws and rules, do not please God. What He wants is faith. Behind...

  Galatians 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. Truth to Learn Obedience comes from faith, which results in God’s blessing. Neither faith nor blessing comes from our own actions, even when we think they are the...

  Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? Truth to Learn Those who would please God must do so through faith, not through obeying a set of rules and regulations. Behind the Words The word translated “desire” is a...