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Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:4

4. Prove In the manner suggested by St. James 1:25, by bringing the law of love to bear upon his work, to see if it is a work, not of vainglory, but of love. Work His work of reproof; but inferentially applicable to all other moral work in life. That Paul means this special work is clear from the blessed result that he next deduces. Rejoicing A true glory instead of a vainglory. The test by which we are to prove our own work, namely, the law of love, is not only an... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:5

5. Prove your own work, for each one has a responsibility laid upon him for his own work. You are as responsible for the style and spirit in which you restore him, as he is for the fault from which you work to restore him. Every man You, as well as the transgressor. His own burden Each must, in the final hour, bear his own burden of frailty, sin, and guilt. We can put shoulder under each other’s burdens for awhile, but the time must at length come when each shall answer for... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:6

b. Mutual co-operation of teacher and Church in solemnly responsible and unwearied good-doing, Galatians 6:6-10 . 6. Communicate Co-operate, share with. From the idea of carrying common burdens upon common shoulders, between Church brethren, the apostle passes to a common co-operation between teachers, preachers, and people in all good doings. With Meyer, against the general run of commentators, we agree that good things refers, not to temporal maintenance, but to Christian and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:7

7. Be not deceived Beware how you work amiss. Mocked God cannot be put off with lazy not-doing, or hypocritical mis-doing. Mocked is derived from the contemptuous turning up the nose at one. God is in earnest, and will hold the nondoer and misdoer to a strict account. He will hold all such as showing contempt to himself. Soweth… reap An expressive image of human responsibility, which has been noted by thoughtful men of all ages. As according to the seed we sow is the harvest we... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:8

8. To his flesh Flesh and Spirit do not designate the different fields in which we sow, nor the different seeds, but the different interests to please which we sow. Yet the seed is different according to the different interests in which we sow, as the responsible act is different according to which interest it regards. To his flesh To the gratification of his flesh. Reap corruption That absolute ruin of which bodily putrefaction is the image, and which, as the opposite of eternal... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:9

9. Not be weary Like the reaper, through the long, hot, toilsome day, the good man is sometimes likely to faint. Holy life has its weary side to it, but it has, too, its side of hope and cheer. In well doing In doing το καλον , the honourable, the excellent, in contrast to the flesh, which tends to corruption, and is base. In due season At the harvest season of the world, which, however distant in time, is ever near in its value. Reap Eternal life in eternal joy. Faint not And... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 6:10

10. St. Paul now reverts back to the precept of Galatians 6:6, in enforcement of which the deep warning of 7-9 was interposed. Opportunity Improving every opening. Do good Rather, Let us work, το αγαθον , the good, the true, the highest good. Especially Inasmuch as they are often excluded from many worldly modes of gain, and are impoverished by persecution. Household Belonging to the great family of which God is Father, and Christ the older Brother. With this solemn and urgent... read more

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