Galatians
Book Reviews / Pneuma 31 (2009) 105-160 119 Gordon D. Fee, Galatians. Pentecostal Commentary (Blandford Forum, UK: Deo Publish- ing, 2007). ix + 262…
galatians
Is the Sabbath part of the "special days and months and seasons and years" Paul is referring to in Galatians 4:10?
Galatians 4:8-11 (NIV) says:
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserabl…
Dropped articles for νόμος in Galatians 3
Paul uses the word νόμος 14 times in Galatians 3:
verse
Greek
v2
ἐξ ἔργων νόμου
v5
ἐξ ἔργων νόμου
v10 (twice)
ἐξ ἔργων νόμου … τοῦ νόμου
v11
ἐν νόμῳ
v12
ὁ δὲ νόμος
v13
τοῦ νόμου
v17
ὁ μετὰ τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη…
In Genesis 17:24 and Acts 16:3, did Abraham and/or Timothy come under the curse of the Torah?
Paul argues in Galatians that circumcision obligates one to keep the whole of Torah:
Gal 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and
do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:2 Look: I, Paul, say
to y…
Galatians 3:22 – Did the law imprison us under sin or imprison the things which were already under sin?
I have a question on the translation of Galatians 3:22. Most English translations give something like the NIV gives:
But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith…
Kindness and goodness – fruit of Spirit, what is the difference?
I was studying Gl 5.22, and I came across this virtues – kindness and goodness. I am Brazilian, and I looked up in dictionary for these two words in Portuguese (Bondade and Benignidade) and they are often used as synonyms. So I tried to lo…
Was Paul in Galatians 2, retelling the events in Acts 15?
Gal 2:1 WEB Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to
Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
First question: is this the same time as recorded in the book of Acts 15:2
Or Acts 19:21?
If it is the same recorded…
Did Paul refer to James as a literal brother of Jesus?
Christ mythicists claim that Paul refers to James as a brother of the Lord only in the same sense that all Christians are (spiritual) brothers.
Here are the relevant passages (NRSV):
Galatians 1:19 Then after three years I did go up to Je…
Was Paul tacitly referring to Moses as an Angel worshipper in Colossions 2:16-18?
KJV Colossians 2:16-18
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 18 Let no man begu…
Which Preposition is Used Concerning Paul’s Body in Galatians 6:17?
KJV
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
NIV (and others)
From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
What does the original language literall…
Galatians 3:23 Guarded in protective custody or held captive
The old versions show a positive view of the law in Gal 3:23 showing it as guardian keeping in protective custody, but some new versions show the picture of a jailer or kidnapper by using the words captive and prisoners. Which translation …
Did the Hebrews spend time in Egypt for 400 or 430 years?
I know this seems like an old question but here’s the contradiction I’m struggling with:
400 years
“Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants
will be strangers in a land that is not their own; they will be…