If thou be a doer of the law (εαν νομον πρασσεις). Condition of third class and the present (continued action) subjunctive of πρασ…

For circumcision. (Acts 7:8).

This was the distinctive rite by which the relationship to the covenant of Abraham was re…

This section forms a connecting link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides: one outward…

Paul is dealing with the Jew, who was inclined to think that he must have an advantage over the Gentiles on account of his circumcision.

If the law was the major distinctive of the Jews, a close second was circumcision. As with the law, so with circumcision, the nation was guilty of …

For circumcision indeed profits, etc. He addresses in advance what the Jews might have objected against him in defense of their own positi…

For circumcision verily profits
The plea from circumcision in favour of the Jews, and their acceptance with God, and …

No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking to partake of the righteousness of God by…

1. After showing that the doers of the law are justified even without being hearers, which pertained to the Gentiles, the Apostle now shows …