Galatians 4:11-17

The Biblical Illustrator - Galatians 4:14

Galatians 4:14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not.Ministers and peopleHere we see--I. The goodness of God, who does not speak in His awful majesty, but sends ambassadors to beseech us to be reconciled to Him.II. The responsibility of pastors, because they stand in the stead of Christ Jesus, and must, therefore,(1) only declare what they know to be His will; and(2) have a special care to maintain that holiness of life which befits their position.III. The duty and privilege of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Galatians 4:15

Galatians 4:15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?InstabilityI. Their past religious experience was one of blessedness.1. Blessedness is one of the earliest notes of religious life. Christ’s first miracle was at Cana: amongst His first words were the beatitudes. The earliest religious experience is that known as “first love.”2. There is a danger of this being lost through the truth on which it is based losing its freshness. The vision of Christ crucified had faded, and the Galatians were... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Galatians 4:17

Galatians 4:17They zealously affect you, but not well.False zealPaul suggests--I. That things which are good in their kind may be done for wrong ends.1. In preaching,(1) some do it for envy and strife;(2) some to gain personal or pecuniary ends.2. In embracing the gospel, some do it, not for its own sake, but for(1) honour;(2) profit.3. This must teach us not only to do good, but to do it well. For which end--(1) We must set before us the will of God as our main motive.(2) The outward action... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:11

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Ver. 11. Lest I have bestowed labour ] Gr. κεκοπιακα , even to lassitude, as a day labourer. Other work folks find their work as they left it; but a minister hath all marred many times between sabbath and sabbath, or if but awhile absent, as Moses was in the mount. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:12

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. Ver. 12. Be as I am ] No longer a legalist, as once,Philippians 3:5; Philippians 3:5 ; Philippians 3:8 . Ye have not injured me at all ] He was above their buffooneries and indignities. When an inconsiderate fellow had stricken Cato in the bath, and afterwards cried him mercy, he replied, I remember not that thou didst strike me. (Seneca.) Tu linguae, ego aurium dominus, said one to another that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:13

13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. Ver. 13. Through infirmity of the flesh ] That is, though much broken with many miseries, yet I spared not to take pains among you. Zachariah, though he ceased to speak, yet he ceased not to minister; he took not his dumbness for a dismission, but stayed out the eight days of his course, Luke 1:23 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:14

14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Ver. 14. And my temptation ] That is, mine afflictions, whereby the Lord tempts his, feels which way their pulses beat, and how they stand affected toward him. Which was in my flesh ] My spirit being haply untouched. For often the body is weak, the soul well. Afflictions may reach but to the outward man. Job never complained till he was wet through, till the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:15

15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Ver. 15. Where is then the blessedness ] q.d. There was a time when ye held yourselves happy in me, and blessed the time that ever ye saw and heard me. a Is the change now in me or in yourselves? Thus the Jews rejoiced in John for a season, but he soon grew stale to them, John 5:35 . See the note there. Neutrum modo, mas... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:16

16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Ver. 16. Am I therefore become, &c. ] Truth breeds hatred, as the fair nymphs did the ugly fauns a and satyrs. The hearing of truth galls, as they write of some creatures, that they have fel in aure, gall in their ears. It was not for nothing therefore that the orator called upon his countrymen to get their ears healed before they came any more to hear him. To preach, saith Luther, is nothing else but to derive upon a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Galatians 4:17

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. Ver. 17. They zealously affect you ] Depereunt vos; as jealous woers they would have you whole to themselves without a co-rival, ερως and ερις are related. They would exclude us ] As standing in their way. This is the guise of all sectaries and seducers, they denigrate the true teachers that they may be the only men. That you might affect them ] Our Antinomians call upon their hearers to... read more

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