Galatians 3:15-4:7 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:15

Galatians 3:15. I speak after the manner of men I illustrate this by a familiar instance, taken from the practice of men: or, I argue on the principles of common equity, according to what is the allowed rule of all human compacts: Though it be but a man’s covenant That is, the covenant of a man with his fellow-creature: yet if it be confirmed Legally, by mutual promise, engagement, and seal; no man No, not the covenanter himself, unless something unforeseen occur, which cannot be the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

God’s law and God’s promise (3:15-22)Paul then adds an illustration to show that God’s basis for justification (which, from the beginning, was faith) was not changed by the law. When people sign an important document, no one can alter its contents; when God makes a covenant, he does not change it (15). God made a promise that through the offspring (singular) of Abraham all peoples would be blessed. This was fulfilled in Christ, who gives salvation to all who have faith in him (16). The law,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:15

after the manner of . Greek. kata . App-104 . covenant . Greek. diatheke , See Matthew 26:28 . if it be = when. confirmed , Greek. kuroo . See 2 Corinthians 2:8 . disannulleth . Same as "frustrate", Galatians 2:21 . addeth thereto . Greek. epidiataesomai . Only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no man maketh it void, or addeth thereto.Paul is here still exposing the sinful arguments of the Judaizers, who despite the fact of Abraham's being accounted righteous by God, long before the giving of the Law, were insisting that God, in a sense, had amended the requirements of righteousness by the addition of the Mosaic Law. This Paul denied on the basis that, even in the case of a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:15

15. I speak after the manner of men—I take an illustration from a merely human transaction of everyday occurrence. but a man's covenant—whose purpose it is far less important to maintain. if it be confirmed—when once it hath been ratified. no man disannulleth—"none setteth aside," not even the author himself, much less any second party. None does so who acts in common equity. Much less would the righteous God do so. The law is here, by personification, regarded as a second person, distinct... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-16

Paul now turned to the objection that when God gave the Law He terminated justification by faith alone. He reminded his readers, with a human analogy, that even wills and contracts made between human beings remained in force until the fulfillment of their terms. Likewise the covenant God made with Abraham remains in force until God fulfills it completely. The promises made to Abraham extended to his descendants as well as to him personally. They even extend to Christ, the descendant of Abraham... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-18

The continuance of faith after the giving of the Law 3:15-18 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

3. The logical argument 3:15-29Paul continued his argument that God justifies Christians by faith alone by showing the logical fallacy of relying on the Law. He did this to answer the legalists and to clarify the distinction between works and faith as ways of salvation (i.e., justification, sanctification, and glorification). He continued to base his argument on the biblical revelation of Abraham. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Justification is by Faith, not Works1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit had not been through the works of the Law, but through faith, and appealing both to the testimony of their own consciences and to the teaching of sacred history in the parallel case of Abraham.Paraphrase. ’(1) You thoughtless Galatians have surely been bewitched. I told you plainly of Christ dying for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:15

(15) I speak after the manner of men.—The figure that I am going to use is one taken from the ordinary civil relations between man and man, and therefore, it is left to be inferred, supplies an à fortiori argument in things relating to God, for men may change and break the most solemn engagements; God is absolutely faithful and unchangeable. The phrase translated “I speak after the manner of men” is found in the same, or a very similar form, in Romans 3:5; Romans 6:19; 1 Corinthians 9:8, where... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:15

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