That desire to be under the law (ο υπο νομον θελοντες εινα). "Under law" (no article), as in 3:23; 4:4, legalistic system. Paul vi…

Tell me, etc. To fully show the nature and effect of the law, Paul here introduces an illustration from an important fact in Jewish histor…

You that desire to be under the law.—A direct appeal to those who were inclined to give way to the Judaizing party.

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. My little children, of whom I travail …

Paul has already appealed to statements of the law to show that the law brings a curse to those who desire to be under it (3:10–14). But that was b…

Tell me. Having given exhortations adapted to touch the feelings, he follows up his former doctrine by an illustration of great beauty. Vi…

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law
Not merely to obey it, as holy, just, and good, from a principle of lov…

The difference between believers who rested in Christ only, and those who trusted in the law, is explained by the histories of Isaac and Ishmael. T…

Previously, the Apostle showed the preeminence of grace using a human example; here, he proves it on the authority of Scripture.