But there is between both an inseparable connection and mutual dependence, and the communication of the Spirit is not confined to a single act, but goes on increasing with the spiritual growth of the children of God.—‘Our’ is better supported than ‘your.’ A similar change of person as in the preceding verse, resulting from the vivacity of speech and the sympathy with the reader. 1897. To render “because ye are sons” seems to interfere with the formal conclusion of the following verse- ὥστε—“wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son.” He would be taking for granted their sonship before he had proved it as his conclusion-there would be an assumed result, and then a formal conclusion. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jab/galatians-4.html. Galatians 3:11). O. C. 1101), or πάτερ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν (comp. "Abba, Father - See the note at Romans 8:15. Isaiah 19:20; James 5:4. Crying—It is the very Spirit itself which in our hearts utters the cry. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/galatians-4.html. The conjunction may, however, possibly mean “in proof that.”, Abba, Father.—A reduplication of loving entreaty. Be wise, I pray you; and seek these blessings, ere they are for ever hid from your eyes.]. Comp. 1 Corinthians 12:15; John 20:29; John 15:19) is the most simple, natural, and correct; the emphasis is laid on υἱοί, which is therefore placed at the end: but because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son, etc. 3. Soph. But with the other rendering, “that,” or “in proof that ye are sons,” the apostle is only adding another argument-forging a last link in the demonstration. Why will you pour contempt upon them, as if they did not deserve the attention of any considerate man? That is, Father; Christ taught us in prayer to call God our Father, he having made us his adoptive sons by his grace, and heirs of heaven. It was no absolute term at first, like some other names, but ever a relative one. How little is the true nature of Christianity understood amongst us! The aorist does not represent the fulness of the Spirit's outflow upon them, but the fact that the Spirit was sent into their hearts when they believed and were adopted. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". He, being the true and exalted Son of God, had the spirit appropriate to such a relation; they being adopted, and made like him, have the same spirit. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/galatians-4.html. But, as regards the thought also, the interpretation is unsuitable; for they are sons, etc., not because God has sent Christ, but because they have become believers in Him that was sent (Galatians 3:26; John 1:12); it is not that fact itself, but their faith in it, which is the cause of their sonship and of their reception of the Spirit; comp. Hence we conclude that the Holy Ghost, although he be truly and properly God, is neither God the Father nor God the Son.” So also Mr. Locke: “He could not be called the Spirit of the Son any otherwise than as proceeding from the Son; so that it is evident he proceeds from the Father and the Son.”. 2. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". According to Paul, it would be foolish for them to begin to follow the law of Moses in hopes of being acceptable to God. Bp Chase writes “confirmation is the Pentecost of the individual soul” (Confirmation in the Apostolic Age, p. 88). BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. Legal hopes, legal fears, legal endeavours, are quite in consonance with our depraved hearts. The Spirit of adoption, which enables him to “cry, Abba, Father,” assures him of the victory, and is to him a pledge and earnest of his future glory.]. It is not to make you melancholy, as foolish people imagine; but to make you blessed in the enjoyment of your God and in the possession of his glory. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". Into your hearts—See note on Romans 8:26. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/galatians-4.html. John Eadie's Commentary on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. How earnestly should we hold fast the blessings thus accorded to us! Theol. To show. Read verse in The Message Bible Galatians Chapter 4 Galatians Chapter 4 starts off with Paul stating that the Lord did not make us like the other elements on the Earth. Author: Galatians 1:1 clearly identifies the apostle Paul as the writer of the epistle to the Galatians. Schoettgen is quoted by Lightfoot as giving a specimen of the title my lord, addressed in both Hebrew and Greek by a Jewish woman to a judge. BibliographyAlford, Henry. This passage from Galatians 4 reflects on God’s sending of his Son in the context of a larger theological argument about what it means to be children of God and co-heirs with Christ. Galatians 4:6 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Galatians 4:6, NIV: "Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, 'Abba, Father.'" https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jec/galatians-4.html. Yet this mode of double wording arose from the fact that Hebrews largely spoke two languages, and Greeks would, in approximate Christianity, often become Hebraized. God also sent the Holy Spirit to indwell believers and to motivate us to approach God. In fact, we call Him Abba, which means Father, just as Jesus used to call Him. Thus in all three passages it is expressive of the deepest feeling. we--the Jews primarily, and inclusively the Gentiles also. Previous | Index | Next >> "THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS" Chapter Four OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER 1) To appreciate the significance and blessedness of receiving the Spirit in our hearts (cf. Used by Permission. Lightfoot affirms that the form אָבִי signifies a master as well as a father, but the form אַבָּא denotes only a natural father (Hebrew and Talmudic Exercitations on Mark, Works, vol. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. College Press, Joplin, MO. τὸ πνεῦμα. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/sdn/galatians-4.html. Why then will you put these things far from you? And He is the Spirit of His Son, who dwelt in Him, as He has secured His gracious influences, and as it is His “things” which the Spirit shows, one of His special functions being to deepen in all the sons their resemblance to the elder brother-the Son of God. But there remains the question why Jesus used both in his prayer. Every chapter of the Bible in 140 characters or less. This whole idea of "dada" is part of the bringing down to man, the God of the universe. The key personalities of this book are the Apostle Paul, Peter, Barnabas, Abraham, Titus, and false teachers. Schemoth rabb. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. But see, against this view, on Romans 8:15. 1909-1922. Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? But Paul’s real emphasis was that salvation is not works oriented and that the Galatians liberty should not be used as an excuse to continue in sin. p. 340. In illustration of these words, I will shew, I. 1832. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/galatians-4.html. 21 Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? What enemies to themselves are the unbelieving world! 1859. sons. Paul worked hard among the Galatians, as he always did (1 Corinthians 15:10). Illustrations of similar bilingual or even trilingual expressions are given in Schoettgen on Mark 14:36 : e.g. But one may say, in the first place, that endeared repetition characterizes a true child, as it clings to the idea of fatherhood, and loves to dwell upon it. οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐδυνήθημεν καλέσαι πατέρα, εἰ μὴ πρότερον υἱοὶ κατέστημεν. But that which we are chiefly to notice, concerning the Christian, is, II. it would be presumptuous and daring beyond all propriety to address God as Abba had Jesus himself not bidden us to do so." But stronger far is the Christian’s assurance of his title to heaven, and of his ultimate possession of it. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/galatians-4.html. Chapter IV.A.3: The Law Alienates Christ (5:4-6) Galatians 5:4-6 (KJV) 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. ", ". BibliographyIce, Rhoderick D. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". Galatians 4:1 "Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, … Galatians 4. In Galatians 3, Paul gives an explanation of salvation coming from the promise given to Abraham, rather than the law. The Galatians reproved for departing from the great doctrine of justification alone, through faith in Christ. "THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS" Chapter Six OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER 1) To see that liberty in Christ involves responsibility toward others and our own selves 2) To appreciate the principles involved in "sowing" and "reaping", especially as they relate to the flesh and Spirit 3) To understand the importance of becoming "a new creation" in Christ Jesus SUMMARY In this final … The double appellation could only arise among a bilingual people, where certain native words were hallowed, and in moments of strong emotion were used along with their foreign equivalent. BibliographyConstable, Thomas. This site is a proud member of the Salem Web Network, a subsidiary of Salem Media Group. And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father. and afterwards instead of θεός; and people would not have said constantly ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ, but also ἀββᾶ ὁ θεός. "Abba, Father" is described by some as an endearing term like "dada" or "daddy," however I see nothing in the words themselves, nor the context to indicate we should address God as "dada" or even "daddy.". the Johannean discourses as to the self-revelation and the coming of Christ in the Paraclete. So Jesus, realizing His Sonship with unspeakable intenseness, in that awful prayer names His Father ᾿αββᾶ ὁ πατήρ. The appeal is to them directly in the previous ἐστε; but the apostle at once and now includes himself with them, when he adds a clause descriptive of spiritual experience. As a word of address Abba is not so much associated with infancy as it is with intimacy. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". But each person in the ever-blessed Trinity sustains a distinct office in the economy of redemption; the Father sending the Son to work redemption for us; and the Son sending the Holy Spirit to apply that redemption to us. "Stanley Derickson - Notes on Selected Books". p. 110, vol. He prompts your prayers. Comp. Matthew 11:26; Bernhardy, p. 67; Krüger, § 45, 2, 6, 7. In Romans 8:15, we read: ‘in whom we cry.’ Here the Spirit himself appears as praying, and the believer as the organ. God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. κύριος Κύριος ἀπἐστειλέν με καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ. This site is a proud member of the Salem Web Network, a subsidiary of Romans 7:4. κράζον] The strong word expresses the matter as it was: with crying the deep fervour excited by the Spirit broke forth into appeal to the Father. Galatians 4:6. ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ] The usual view taken by modern expositors,(182) following Erasmus and Beza, in this passage, as in Romans 8:15 and in Mark 14:36, is, that ὁ πατήρ is appended as an explanation of the Aramaic Abba for Greek readers (so Koppe, Flatt, Winer, Rückert, Usteri, Schott); along with which stress is laid on the “childlike sound” of the expression, so foreign to the Greek readers (Hofmann). It is that language used by Christians when they have evidence of adoption; the expression of the warm, and elevated, and glowing emotions which they have when they can approach God as their God, and address him as their Father.Crying - That is, the spirit thus cries, Πνεῦμα Pneuma - κράζον krazon). The childlike lisp in the word Abba, and its easy labial pronunciation, may account for its origin, but not for its use here (Olshausen); nor can Dr. Gill be listened to in his dream that “the word being the same pronounced backwards or forwards, shows that God is the Father of His people in adversity as well as in prosperity.” It is a superficial explanation of the formula to allege, with Beza, Schott, Usteri, and Conybeare, that ὁ πατήρ is merely, like the Abaddon-Apollyon of Revelation 9:11, explanatory of the Aramaic Abba. Now this is what “a Spirit of adoption” gives to every true Christian. Critics are divided. This verse should be read in connection with Romans 8:15-16, to which it forms a close parallel. In the Gospel the second may perhaps be by way of explanation for Gentile readers, but this hardly suits the thought of the Epistles. God has promised to him, not grace only, but glory also; and has begotten him to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for him, who is also kept by the power of God for it. Moreover, that the address in prayer ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ took its rise among the Greek Jewish-Christians, and first became habitual among them, is clear of itself on account of the Hebrew Abba. At GodTube, you’ll find daily inspirational videos to lift your spirits and encourage you in your walk with God. To refer the sending of the Spirit to the event of Pentecost (as Hofmann does), by which God caused His Spirit to initiate “a presence of a new kind” in the world, is entirely foreign to the connection; comp., on the contrary, Galatians 3:2, Galatians 5:14. ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς κ. τ. The Holy Spirit so deeply sinks into the spirit of believers and so closely identifies himself with them that He prays in them and through them as their advocate. [Men conceive of Christianity as a system of restraints; or, at best, as a system of doctrines and duties. the analogy of the opposite case—the crying of the unclean spirits (Mark 1:26; Mark 9:26). BibliographyDerickson, Stanley. Compare Mark 14:36, and Romans 8:15. hilarious videos from Christian comedians, user-uploaded videos, and clean viral videos to brighten your day. GALATIANS 4:6. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". "Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable". In this passage, he takes three additional approaches. in Galatians 4:4 onward,—that ἐστὲ υἱοί is apodosis, and that the following ἐξαπέστ. 23 But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. But do not dishonour our blessed Lord by indulging such propensities as these: strive rather to get rid of them, and stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free. This "dada" thought is akin to the movement that says God wants us to be rich, that says God wants us to be prosperous, and that wants us to never want for anything. In Hofmann’s view, Paul reminds his (Gentile) readers that they are for this reason sons, because God has done that act ἐξαπέστειλεν κ. τ. λ. Galatians 2:18 note. "The Bible Study New Testament". For why should such a translation be made by Jesus in the garden, where no human ear heard Him, and by Paul when writing to the Romans of the Spirit of adoption? Was it not natural for both words to come to him in his hour of agony as in his childhood? The demonstrative meaning is held by the Greek fathers, who found no difficulty in the construction, by Ambrosiaster, Koppe, Flatt, Borger, Rückert, Schott, Jatho, Brown, Ellicott, and Wieseler who renders somewhat differently by quod attinet ad id, quod- εἰς ἐκεῖνο,- ὅτι. Which were now not the privileges of Jews only, but of these Galatians also, who were by nature Gentiles, and strangers to God; and a certain evidence of their concern in the redemption of Christ, and that they also might expect salvation from him. The phrase conveys, in point of form, the solemn expression of the objective (Galatians 4:4) and subjective (Galatians 4:5) certainty of salvation, but, in a dogmatic point of view, the like personal relation of the Spirit, whom God has sent forth from Himself as He sent forth Christ. Go to, Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! If this is so, Paul wasn"t very spiritual because he had to work for a living; he had to walk long miles in the dust of the east. II. But, at the death of our blessed Lord, the vail of the temple was rent in twain, to intimate to us, that now there was “opened for us a new and living way into the holiest of all,” even for every child of man [Note: Hebrews 10:19-22. Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15-16). 4:1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father. In adopting the demonstrative meaning we admit a breviloquence, which, however, can be well defended. Paul was the apostle to the gentiles, as noted in Galatians 2:7-9: “The gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me.” But it seems a group of individuals in the synagogues would play a major part in his work with gentiles. By no means! On the surface, this sounds like a simple reference to God-fearing Israelites. BibliographyMeyer, Heinrich. Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. If so, then the language which Christians are here represented as using is the language of freemen, and denotes that they are not under the servitude of sin. ABBA! ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί. Winer, § 66, 1; Demosthenes, contra Pantaen. This remark applies also to Wieseler’s objection, that ἀββᾶ could only have continued to be used as an appellative. Jonah had to take a fish instead of his Corvette - how ludicrous to say that God wants us all rich! It is the making of almighty God into Someone we can bond with, Someone we can relate to, and Someone that we can live with - not Someone that is high and lifted up, not Someone that is our Lord and Master, and not Someone that would be comfortable in the comforts of our wishy washy living style that is akin to the world, and not akin to the heavenlies. Wieseler takes it as equivalent to εἰς ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι (see on Mark 16:14; John 2:18; John 9:17; John 11:51; John 16:19; 1 Corinthians 1:26; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 11:10): “as concerns the reality ( ἐστέ is to have the emphasis) of your state as sons.” But this would unnecessarily introduce into the vivid and direct character of these short sentences an element of dialectic reflection, which also appears in Matthias’ view. Works, vol. The apostle saith, Romans 9:4, that the adoption belongeth to the Israelites: the Jews were the first people whom God dignified with the name of his sons, his first-born, Exodus 4:22; and so many of them as believed also received the Spirit, Ezekiel 36:27; but the full effusion of the Spirit was reserved to gospel times, and until the time that Christ ascended, John 7:39 16:7. ", [Note: H. B. Swete, The Holy Spirit in the New Testament, p204. Matthew 6:9, note. And then, as believing Jews used another tongue in foreign countries, they appear to have felt the ὁ πατήρ to be cold and distant, so that, as to the Lord in His agony, the vernacular term impressed on the ear and heart of childhood instinctively recurred. BibliographyEadie, John. This is not only affirmed in our text, but taken, as it were, for granted, and assumed as the ground of those further blessings which are bestowed upon us. [Jowett combines both interpretations: but this can hardly be.] and the other names of God), so that it would have been used at every kind of mention of God. Chase, Lord’s Prayer, p. 23). λ.] We all have a measure of servility in our minds; and are ready to bind on ourselves burthens from which Christ has made us free. Comp. Ken Esajian 21 Jul 2016, 14:57. 1974. The ἐστέ υἱοί seems to have suggested the correlative appellation τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. Compare Romans 8:15-16, and notes. Romans 8:15; also Psalms 22:3; Psalms 28:1; Psalms 30:8; Baruch 3:1; Baruch 4:20. ], "Most of the Jews knew both Greek and Aramaic. BibliographyNicol, W. Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. Compare notes on Acts 2:6; Acts 26:14. But then it must be recollected, that there is much wrought by the Gospel, which, though to a certain, degree visible in its effects, is seen clearly only by God himself. In the heart of either alike the indwelling Spirit sendeth up the filial cry. "abba," by G. Now, I may step on toes here, but that is life in the theological scene. "Commentary on Galatians 4:6". (35) So peace, peace, is redoubled, in like manner, for the Jews and Greeks, Isaiah 57:19. Footnotes. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Though, as Gentiles, we have never been bound by the ceremonial law, we have, of necessity, been subject to the moral law, which is equally binding on every child of man: and under that we have been exposed to the most tremendous curses for our violations of it. And because ye are sons - As a consequence of your being adopted into the family of God, and being regarded as his sons. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/shh/galatians-4.html. The word Abba appears in certain legal texts of the Mishna as a designation used by grown children in claiming the inheritance of their deceased father. Commentary. The relation which every true Christian bears to God—, Every Christian, from a rebel and an enemy, becomes “a son.”, In this we have the advantage of those under the law—, [The Jews, though God’s peculiar people, were not his sons, but his servants: or, if we call them his sons, (for doubtless he was a Father unto them,) still they were only as “minors, who differed very little from servants.” They were under severe and burthensome restraints: they had but a small portion of their inheritance in actual enjoyment; and they performed their duties altogether in a servile spirit [Note: ver. I may be wrong, but I think "pater" is one of the terms that the Roman church uses of the Pope, certainly not a term they use like daddy! On the nominative with the article, as in apposition to the vocative, see Krüger, § 45. Dr Swete thinks that if the double phrase is a reminiscence of the words used by our Lord it suggests that “the adopted children of God reveal their sonship in the same spirit of filial submission which marked the Only Son” (The Holy Spirit in the N.T. on 2 Corinthians 3:17) dwells and rules livingly, really, and efficaciously (Galatians 2:20) in the children of God. ], "The purpose of the Son"s mission was to give the rights of sonship; the purpose of the Spirit"s mission, to give the power of using them." [Note: Lightfoot, p169. 2. Be inspired in your walk with Jesus Christ The word, [Note: Footnote192: See Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, s.v. Ἀββά ὁ πατήρ. Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture. Romans 8:9, πνεῦμα χριστοῦ, where participation in Him is said to be the necessary condition of belonging to Christ at all) into our hearts (as he changed from the third person to the first in the foregoing verse, so now from the second: both times from the fervour of his heart, wavering between logical accuracy and generous largeness of sympathy), crying (in Romans 8:15, it is ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν. Privacy Policy   Terms of Use. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the Bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website www.DoingGood.org. The question then is, Is the sending forth of the Spirit of His Son regarded by the apostle as the proof or as the result of sonship? ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. Ah! For the "we" in Galatians 4:5 plainly refers … “He knows in whom he has believed; and that he is both able and willing to keep that which he has committed to him.” He knows not, indeed, how God shall interpose for him, or when: but he is persuaded that “God will never leave him nor forsake him;” but “will make all things work together for his ultimate good,” and “cause his light and momentary afflictions to work out for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” Hence, without doubting of a happy issue to his afflictions, “he casts his care on God, who careth for him.”], 4. Here the Spirit being the main subject, is regarded as the agent, and the believer merely as His organ) Abba Father. (Meyer regards ‘Abba,’ here as a proper name, which became the customary address to God in prayer after the example set by our Lord. 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