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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
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This Teaching is Not From God
Paul states unequivocally that the pressure to add Jewish law to faith in Christ does not come from God. Commentators agree that 'him that calleth you' refers to God, who called the Galatians to salvation by grace. This false teaching, therefore, originates from a source hostile to God, which scholars suggest is either the false teachers themselves or a satanic influence.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This persuasion. This belief that it is necessary to obey the laws of Moses, and to intermingle the observance of the Jewish rites with th…
This persuasion (η πεισμονη). "The art of persuasion," the effort of the Judaizers to persuade you. Only here and in ecclesiastica…
19th Century
Anglican
This persuasion . . .—He who calls the Galatians is here, as elsewhere, God; and certainly, the Apostle says, it could n…
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Baptist
"It does not come from God. He called you to faith in his dear Son, and to all those virtues and graces which naturally spring from the root of fai…
But what should be said regarding the false teacher(s)? Much indeed. In three succinct statements Paul traces the origin, results, and end of such …
16th Century
Protestant
This persuasion cometh not. Having formerly combated them with arguments, he finally pronounces, with a voice of authority, that their
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This persuasion comes not of him that calls you . ] That is, the opinion they were persuaded to believe; and which t…
The life of a Christian is a race, in which he must run and persevere if he is to obtain the prize. It is not enough that we profess Christianity; …
13th Century
Catholic
Having explained the second point, namely, that they must not submit to the yoke of serving the Law, the Apostle here returns to the first and show…