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The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Books of the Bible: Volume 29 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I-II Thessalonians

Barlow, George· 14 chapters· 401,552 words

+Character of the Galatians.+--These people were of Celtic descent. They were the relics of a Gaulish invasion which swept over South-eastern Europe in the early part of the third century before Christ and poured into Asia Minor. Here the Celtic tribes maintained themselves in...

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7. ill. Told me that he was conscious that his feelings and conduct had

not been towards me what they ought to have been for years. I told him that whenever there was a quarrel there were sure to be faults on both sides, and that there must be no qu...

2. xxii. 18), and because it involved many things--earthly blessings to

the literal children of Abraham in Canaan, and spiritual and heavenly blessings to his spiritual children; and both promised to Christ--the Seed and representative Head of the l...

14. chapter iii., verse 2, add "Luke xxii. 32" reference. Verse 3, add

- Page 510, lesson "Mission," introduction, apply RC to "Gospel." Point II, remove comma from "Paul, and"; add em-dash before poem. Point III, add "1 Tim. i. 2; 2 Tim. i. 2" ref...

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+Character of the Galatians.+--These people were of Celtic descent. They were the relics of a Gaulish invasion which swept over South-eastern Europe in the early part of the thi...

3. xxii. 3, 4); but when we think of the "Father's house" we must

Ver. 20. +Being built upon the foundation.+--From the future of a household St. Paul passes easily to the structure, based on "the Church's One Foundation." +The chief corner-st...

4. iii. 1), "Christ was placarded before you"--so here he wants men to

Ver. 10. +To the intent that now . . . might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God.+--The Church as it expands from a "little flock" to a "multitude which no man can...

9. xiii. 13), and toils with strenuous endeavour; whilst hope--a faculty

Ver. 4. +Your election.+--God is said to pick out, not for any inherent qualities, certain persons for purposes of His own. The same idea is in the word "saints," as those whom...

6. cxxxix. 15, and may be properly taken for Christ's incarnation and

conception in the womb of the Virgin.--1. Because other expositions may be shown to be unnatural, forced, or impertinent, and there is no other besides this assignable. 2. Since...

10. ii. 2); "the god of this world, blinding the minds of them which

believe not" (2 Cor. iv. 4). To convert to the Christian religion is to bring men "from the power of Satan unto God" (Acts xxvi. 18). To relapse is "to turn aside after Satan" (...

5. xxiii. 9), like that hubbub in Ephesus when for two hours the

populace yelled, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians" (Acts xix. 28). "Railing," blasphemy--speech that is calculated to do injury. +Malice.+--"Badness." "This last term is separat...

11. xxxix. 6, 7), avoid the company of the sensual; be temperate; be

3. _Involves a masterly restraint upon the passionate outgoings of evil desire._--"Not in the lust of concupiscence; _not in the passion of lust;_ even as the Gentiles which kno...

12. xviii. 9), and the contemptuous bearing of him who eats flesh with

which an idol's name has been associated, and laughs at the shuddering scruples of the brother who thinks it a dreadful thing to do, and sets him at nought (Rom. xiv. 3-10). The...

8. xvi. 10), accompanied him into Judea, remained with him during two

years of his imprisonment at Jerusalem and Cæsarea, and was no doubt present at his trial before Festus and Felix; he went with him into Italy when Paul was sent there as a pris...

13. v. 8)--see Him now as the inner eye of the soul is clarified, and see

+II. That sanctification is a Divine work.+--1. _The believer is called to sanctification by the God of unswerving fidelity._ "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do...