After the flesh (κατα σαρκα). The literal Israel, the Jewish people, not the spiritual Israel (Ισραηλ κατα πνευμα) composed of bot…

Behold Israel. Look at the Jews. The purpose here is to illustrate the point he was establishing, by referring to the fact that among the …

Behold Israel after the flesh—i.e., Israel in its merely human aspect, not the spiritual Israel ([Reference Roma…

Here Paul compares the OT sacrifices with pagan offerings. When the people of Israel sacrificed at the altar and ate part of the sacrifice ([Refere…

Behold Israel after the flesh. He establishes this by another example, showing that the nature of all sacred observances is to bind us in …

Behold Israel after the flesh
So the apostle calls them, to distinguish them from the Israel of God, the spiritual I…

Did not joining in the Lord's Supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to Him for His salvation? Christians,…