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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Galatians 3

Chapter 3

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

Foolish

3 Deuteronomy 32:6 1 Samuel 13:13 Matthew 7:26 Luke 24:25 Ephesians 5:15 1 Timothy 6:4 *marg:

who

1:6 4:9 5:7,8 Matthew 24:24 Acts 8:9-11 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15 Ephesians 4:14 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Peter 2:18 Revelation 2:20 13:13,14 18:3

ye

2:14 5:7 Acts 6:7 Romans 2:8 6:17 10:16 2 Corinthians 10:5 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Hebrews 5:9 Hebrews 11:8 1 Peter 1:22 4:17

Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 1:23,24 2:2 11:26 Ephesians 3:8

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Received

5,14 Acts 2:38 8:15 10:44-47 11:15-18 15:8 19:2-6 1 Corinthians 12:7-13 2 Corinthians 11:4 Ephesians 1:13,14 Hebrews 2:4 6:4 1 Peter 1:12

by the hearing

Romans 1:17 10:16,17

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

having

4:7-10 5:4-8 6:12-14 Hebrews 7:16-19 9:2,9,10

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

ye

Ezekiel 18:24 Hebrews 6:4-6 10:32-39 2 Peter 2:20-22 2 John 1:8

so many

or, so great.

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

that

2 2 Corinthians 3:8

worketh

Acts 14:3,9,10 19:11,12 Romans 15:19 1 Corinthians 1:4,5 2 Corinthians 10:4 12:12 13:3

by the works

Verse 6

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

as

9 Genesis 15:6 Romans 4:3-6,9,10,21,22 9:32,33 James 2:23

accounted

or, imputed.

Romans 4:6,11,22,24 2 Corinthians 5:19-21

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

Know

Psalms 100:3 Luke 21:31 Hebrews 13:23

they

26-29 John 8:39 Romans 4:11-16,24 9:7,8

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

the scripture

22 4:30 John 7:38,42 19:37 Romans 9:17 2 Timothy 3:15-17

foreseeing

Acts 15:15-18

God

Romans 3:28-30 9:30

preached

Hebrews 4:2

In

16 Genesis 12:3 18:18 22:18 26:4 28:14 49:10 Psalms 72:7 Isaiah 6:13 65:9 Acts 2:25,26,35 Revelation 11:15

So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

7,8,14,29 4:28 Romans 4:11,16,24

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

as many

2:16 Luke 18:9-13 Romans 4:15 7:9-13 8:7

under

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 29:20 Isaiah 43:28 Matthew 25:41

Cursed

Deuteronomy 27:26 Jeremiah 11:3 Ezekiel 18:4 Romans 3:19,20 6:23 James 2:9-11

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

that

2:16 1 Kings 8:46 Job 9:3 40:4 42:6 Psalms 19:12 130:3,4 143:2 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Isaiah 6:5 53:6 64:6 James 3:2 1 John 1:8-10 Revelation 5:9 7:14,15

The just

Habakkuk 2:4 Romans 1:17 Hebrews 10:38

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

the law

Romans 4:4,5,14,16 9:30-32 10:5,6 11:6

The man

Leviticus 18:5 Nehemiah 9:29 Ezekiel 20:11,13 Matthew 19:17 Luke 10:25-28 Romans 10:5,6

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

redeemed

10 4:5 Isaiah 55:5-7,10-12 Daniel 9:24,26 Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 26:28 Romans 3:24-26 4:25 8:3,4 2 Corinthians 5:21 Ephesians 5:2 Titus 2:14 Hebrews 7:26,27 9:12,15,26,28 10:4-10 1 Peter 1:18-21 2:24 3:18 1 John 2:1,2 4:10 Revelation 1:5 5:9 13:8

being

2 Kings 22:19 Jeremiah 44:22 49:13 Romans 9:3

for

Deuteronomy 21:23 2 Samuel 17:23 18:10,14,15 21:3,9 Esther 7:10 9:14 Matthew 27:5 1 Peter 2:24

Cursed

Joshua 10:26,27

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

the blessing

6-9,29 Genesis 12:2,3 Isaiah 41:8 51:2,3 Romans 4:3-17

through

16 Genesis 22:18 Isaiah 49:6 52:10 Luke 2:10,11 Acts 2:39 3:25,26 4:12 Romans 10:9-15 1 Timothy 2:4-6

might

2,5 4:6 Isaiah 32:15 44:3,4 59:19-21 Jeremiah 31:33 32:40 Ezekiel 11:19 Ezekiel 36:26,27 39:29 Joel 2:28,29 Zechariah 12:10 Luke 11:13 24:49 John 7:39 Acts 1:4,5 2:33,38 5:32 10:45-47 11:15,16 Romans 8:9-16,26 Romans 8:27 1 Corinthians 12:13 2 Corinthians 1:22 Ephesians 1:13,14 2:18,22 3:16 4:30 1 Peter 1:22 Jude 1:19,20

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

I speak

Romans 6:19 1 Corinthians 15:32

it be

Hebrews 9:17

covenant

or, testament.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

to

8 Genesis 12:3,7 13:15,16 15:5 17:7,8 21:12 22:17,18 26:3,4 28:13 Genesis 28:14 49:10

which

27-29 Romans 12:5 1 Corinthians 12:12,27 Ephesians 4:15,16 5:29,30,32 Colossians 2:19 Colossians 3:11

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

this

5:16 1 Corinthians 1:12 7:29 10:19 2 Corinthians 9:6 Ephesians 4:17 Colossians 2:4

the covenant

Genesis 15:18 17:7,8,19 Luke 1:68-79 John 1:17 8:56-58 Romans 3:25 2 Corinthians 1:20 Hebrews 11:13,17-19,39,40 1 Peter 1:11,12,20

which

Genesis 15:13 Exodus 12:40,41 Acts 7:6

cannot

15 Job 40:8 Isaiah 14:27 28:18 Hebrews 7:18

that it

21 Numbers 23:19 Romans 4:13,14 Hebrews 6:13-18

none

5:4 Numbers 30:8 Psalms 33:10 Romans 3:3 1 Corinthians 1:17

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

if

10,12,26,29 2:21 Romans 4:13-16 8:17

but

16 Psalms 105:6-12,42 Micah 7:18-20 Luke 1:54,55,72,73 Hebrews 6:12-15

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

then

Romans 3:1,2 7:7-13

It was added

21-24 Deuteronomy 4:8,9 Psalms 147:19,20 Luke 16:31 John 5:45-47 15:22 Romans 2:13 Romans 3:19,20 4:15 5:20,21 7:7-13 1 Timothy 1:8,9

till

16,25 4:1-4

by

Deuteronomy 33:2 Acts 7:53 Hebrews 2:2,5

in

Exodus 20:19-22 24:1-12 34:27-35 Leviticus 15:32 Deuteronomy 5:5,22-33 Deuteronomy 9:13-20,25-29 18:15-19 Psalms 106:23 John 1:17 Acts 7:38 The Apostle, having just before been speaking of the promise made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our justification, and not the law, lest they should think he derogated too much from the law, and thereby rendered it useless--he thence takes occasion to discourse of the design and tendency of it, and to acquaint us for what purposes it was given.

Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

a mediator is

Job 9:33 Acts 12:20 1 Timothy 2:5

but

17 Genesis 15:18 17:1,2 Deuteronomy 6:4 Romans 3:29

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

the law

Matthew 5:17-20 Romans 3:31 7:7-13

God forbid

2:17 Romans 3:4,6

for

2:19,21 Romans 3:20

righteousness

Romans 3:21,22 9:31 10:3-6 Philippians 3:6-9 Hebrews 11:7

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

concluded

8-10,23 Psalms 143:2 Romans 3:9-20,23 5:12,20 11:32

that

14,17,29 Romans 4:11-16 5:20,21 2 Timothy 1:1 Hebrews 6:13-17 9:15 2 Peter 1:4 2 Peter 3:13 1 John 2:25 5:11-13

to

Mark 16:16 John 3:15-18,36 5:24 6:40 11:25,26 12:46 20:31 Acts 16:31 Romans 10:9 1 John 3:23,24 5:13

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

faith came

19,24,25 4:1-4 Hebrews 12:2

under

4:4,5,21 5:18 Romans 3:19 6:14,15 1 Corinthians 9:20,21

the faith

Luke 10:23,24 Hebrews 11:13,39,40 1 Peter 1:11,12

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

the law

25 2:19 4:2,3 Matthew 5:17,18 Acts 13:38,39 Romans 3:20-22 7:7-9,24,25 Romans 10:4 Colossians 2:17 Hebrews 7:18,19 9:8-16 10:1-14

justified

2:16 Acts 13:39

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

faith

we

4:1-6 Romans 6:14 7:4 Hebrews 7:11-19 8:3-13 10:15-18

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

4:5,6 John 1:12,13 20:17 Romans 8:14-17 2 Corinthians 6:18 Ephesians 1:5 5:1 Philippians 2:15 Hebrews 2:10-15 1 John 3:1,2 Revelation 21:7

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

as many

Matthew 28:19,20 Mark 16:15,16 Acts 2:38 8:36-38 9:18 16:15,31-33 Romans 6:3,4 1 Corinthians 12:13 Colossians 2:10-12 1 Peter 3:21

put

Job 29:14 Isaiah 61:10 Luke 15:22 Romans 3:22 13:14 Ephesians 4:24 Colossians 3:10

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

neither

5:6 Romans 1:16 2:9,10 3:29,30 4:11,12 9:24 10:12-15 1 Corinthians 7:19 1 Corinthians 12:13 Ephesians 3:5-10 Colossians 3:11

male

1 Corinthians 7:14

for

John 10:16 11:52 17:20,21 1 Corinthians 12:12 Ephesians 2:13-22 4:4,15,16

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Christ's

5:24 1 Corinthians 3:23 15:23 2 Corinthians 10:7

Abraham's

7,16,28 4:22-31 Genesis 21:10-12 Romans 4:12,16-21 9:7,8 Hebrews 11:18

heirs

4:7,28 Romans 4:13,14 8:17 1 Corinthians 3:22 Ephesians 3:6 Titus 3:7 Hebrews 1:14 6:17 Hebrews 11:7 James 2:5 Revelation 21:7