Galatians 1:10-2:21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

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September 09-11



   *C. GALATIANS 1:10-2:21*

*PAUL JUSTIFIES HIS STEWARDSHIP OF THE GOSPEL*

*1. 1:10-12 PAUL'S GOSPEL MEETS REVELATION STANDARDS*

*a. 1:10 MARK OF A TRUE SERVANT: OBEYS CHRIST*

ARti gar anTHR*O*pous PEIth*o* [3982], *e* ton TheON?

*For am I now seeking men's favor, or :God's?*

*e* z*e*T*O* [2212] anTHR*O*pois aRESkein [700]?

*or am I seeking to please men?*

ei Eti anTHR*O*pois *E*res-kon [700], ChrisTOU DOUlos [1401] ouk an *E*m*e*
n.

*if I were pleasing men, I should not be Christ's bondman.*


 *b. 1:11 THE TRUE GOSPEL DOES NOT ORIGINATE WITH MEN*

gn*o*RIz*o* [1107] gar huMIN, a-delPHOI,

*But I make known to you, brethren,*

to eu-agGEli-on [2098] to eu-ag-ge-lisTHEN [2097] hup' eMOU,

*as to the gospel which was preached by me,*

HOti ouk EStin kaTA ANthr*o*-pon.

*that it is not after man.*


 *c. 1:12 THE TRUE GOSPEL COMES BY REVELATION FROM JESUS*

ouDE gar eG*O* paRA anTHR*O*pou paREla-bon [3880] auTO,

*For neither did I receive it from man,*

OUte e-diDACHth*e*n [1321], alLA di' a-po-kaLUpse-*o*s [602] 'I*e*SOU
ChrisTOU.

*nor was I taught it, but through revelationof Jesus Christ.*


 *2. 1:13-2:14 PAUL'S CONSISTENCY TO REVELATION VERSUS JUDAIZING HYPOCRISY*

*a. 1:13-14 PAUL'S UNREGENERATE BACKGROUND: A JUDAIZING PERSECUTOR*

*E*-KOU-sa-te gar t*e*n eM*E*N a-na-stroPH*E*N [391] po-te en t*o*'Iou-da-isM
*O* [2454],

*For you have heard of my former conduct in :Judaism,*

HOti kath' hu-per-boL*E*N [2596] eDI*o*kon [1377] t*e*n ek-kl*e*SIan tou
TheOU,

*how that beyond measure, I persecuted the church of :God,*

kai ePORthoun [4199] auT*E*N:

*and made havoc of it:*

kai proEkop-ton [4298] en t*o* 'Iou-da-isM*O* huPER POLlous

*14 and I advanced in Judaism beyond many *

su-n*e*-li-ki*O*tas [4915] en t*o* GEnei [1085] mou,

*of my own age among my :race,*

pe-ris-soTEr*o*s z*e*-l*o*T*E*S [2207] huPARch*o*n t*o*n pa-triK*O*N
[3967]mou pa-raDOse-
*o*n [3862].

*being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.*


 *b. 1:15-17 GOD SOVEREIGNLY RESERVED PAUL FOR REVELATION-TEACHING ONLY*

HOte de euDOk*e*-sen ]2106] ho TheOS ho a-phoRIsas [873] me

*But when it was God's good pleasure who separated me*

ek koiLIas [2836] maTROS mou kai kaLEsas [2564] diA t*e*s CHAri-tas auTOU,

*from my mother's womb and called me through his :grace,*

a-po-kaLUpsai [601] ton huiON auTOU en eMOI,

*16 to reveal his :Son in me,*

HIna eu-ag-geLIz*o*-mai [2097] auTON en tois ETHne-sin [1484];

*that I preach him among the nations;*

euTHE*o*s ou pro-sa-neTHEm*e*n [4323] sarKI [4561] kai HAIma-ti [129]:

*straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:*

ouDE aN*E*Lthon eis 'Ie-roSOlu-ma pros tous pro eMOU a-poSTOlous [652],

*17 neither went I up to Jerusalem unto the apostles before me,*

alLA aP*E*Lthon eis A-raBIan,

*but went away into Arabia,*

kai PAlin huPEstre-psa [5290] eis Da-masKON.

*and again returned unto Damascus.*


 *c. 1:18 PAUL'S FIRST CONTACT WITH THE TEACHING OF OTHERS*

Epei-ta meTA TRIa Et*e* aN*E*Lthon [424] eis 'Ie-roSOlu-ma his-toR*E*sai
[2477] K*e*PHAN,

*Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,*

kai aPEmei-na [1961] pros auTON h*e*MEras DEka PENte.

*and tarried with him fifteen days.*


 *d. 1:19 ONE OTHER CONTACT: JAMES*

HEte-ron de t*o*n a-poSTOl*o*n ouk EIdon,

*But other of the apostles saw I none,*

ei m*e* 'IA-k*o*-bon ton a-delPHON tou KuRIou.

*but only James the brother of the Lord.*


 *e. 1:20 PAUL CALLS ON GOD FOR THE ACCURACY OF HIS TESTIMONY*

ha de GRAph*o* huMIN,

*Now touching the things which I write you,*

iDOU, eN*O*pi-on tou TheOU, HOti ou PSEUdo-mai [5674].

*lo, before :God, that I lie not.*


 *f. 1:21 HIS MOVEMENT INTO SYRIA AND CILICIA*

Epei-ta ELthon eis ta KLIma-ta [2824] t*e*s SuRIas kai t*e*s Ki-liKIas.

*Then I came into the regions of :Syria and :Cilicia.*


 *g. 1:22-24 JUDEA REJOICED IN THE REPORTS OF THIS PAUL*

*E*m*e*n de ag-noOUme-nos [50] t*o* proS*O*p*o* [4383] tais ek-kl*e*SIais t*
e*s 'IouDAIas

*And I was unknown by :face to the churches of :Judaea*

tais en ChrisT*O*:

*which were in Christ:*

MOnon de aKOUon-tes *E*san [HOti],

*23 but they had only been hearing [that],*

Ho di*O*k*o*n [1377] h*e*MAS poTE nun eu-ag-geLIze-tai t*e*n PIStin

*Who once persecuted us now preaches the faith*

h*e*n po-te ePORthei [4199];

*of which he once made havoc;*

kai eDOxa-zon [1392] en eMOI ton TheON.

*24 and they glorified :God in me.*


 *h. 2:1 FOURTEEN YEARS LATER PAUL RETURNS TO JERUSALEM*

Epei-ta diA DEka tesSAr*o*n eT*O*n PAlin aNEb*e*n eis 'Ie-roSOlu-ma

*Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem*

meTA BarNAba, sun-pa-ra-laB*O*N [4838] kai TIton.

*with Barnabas, taking also Titus along with me.*


 *i. 2:2 THE WISDOM IN PAUL'S GUIDED TRIP TO JERUSALEM*

aNEb*e*n [305] de kaTA a-poKAlu-psin [602];

*And I went up by revelation;*

kai a-neTHEm*e*n [394] auTOIS to eu-agGEli-on ho k*e*RUSs*o* [2784]

*and I laid before them the gospel which I preach*

en tois ETHne-sin [1484] kat' iDIan de tois doKOUsin [1380],

*among the nations but privately before those of repute,*

m*e* p*o*s eis keNON [2756] TREch*o* [5143], *e* Edra-mon.

*lest I somehow be running, or had run, in vain.*


 *j. 2:3-5 PAUL'S REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE WITH CIRCUMCISING JUDAIZERS*

all' ouDE TItos ho sun eMOI, HELl*e*n *o*n,

*But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek,*

a-nagKASth*e* [314] pe-rit-m*e*TH*E*nai [4059]:

*was compelled to be circumcised:*

diA de tous pa-reiSAKtous [3920] pseu-daDELphous [5569],

*4 and that because of the false brethren privately brought in,*

HOIti-nes pa-reiS*E*Lthon [3922] ka-ta-skoP*E*sai [2615] t*e*n e-leu-theRIan
[1657] h*e*M*O*N

*who came in privately to spy out :our liberty*

h*e*n Echo-men en ChrisT*O* 'I*e*SOU,

*which we have in Christ Jesus,*

HIna h*e*MAS ka-ta-douL*O*sou-sin [2614]:

*that they might bring us into bondage:*

hois, ouDE pros H*O*ran, EIxa-men [1502] t*e* hu-po-taG*E* [5992];

*5 to whom we yielded in subjection, no, not for an hour;*

HIna h*e* aL*E*thei-a tou eu-ag-geLIou di-aMEIn*e* [1265] pros huMAS.

*that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.*


 *k. 2:6-10 PAUL'S MINISTRY ACCEPTED BY THE OTHER APOSTLES*

aPO de t*o*n doKOUNt*o*n [1380] EI-NAI ti

*But from those of some repute*

(hoPOI-OI po-te *E*san, OUden moi di-aPHErei [1308]:

*(whatever they were, it makes no difference to me:*

PROs*o*-pon ho TheOS anTHR*O*pou ou lamBAnei [2983]) -

*:God accepts not man's person) -*

eMOI gar hoi doKOUNtes [1380] ouDEN pro-sa-neTHENto [4323]:

*those of repute imparted nothing to me:*

alLA tou'-nanTIon [5121], iDONtes

*7 but contrariwise, when they saw*

HOti pePIsteu-mai [4100] to eu-agGEli-on t*e*s a-kro-buSTIas [203],

*that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the :uncircumcision,*

kaTH*O*S PEtros t*e*s pe-ri-toM*E*S [4061]

*even as Peter with that of the circumcision*

(ho gar e-nerG*E*sas [1754] PEtr*o* eis a-po-stoL*E*N [651]

*8 (for who wrought for Peter unto apostleship*

t*e*s pe-ri-toM*E*S eN*E*Rg*e*-sen kai eMOI eis ta ETHn*e*);

*of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the nations);*

kai GNONtes t*e*n CHArin t*e*n doTHEI-SAN moi,

*9 and perceiving the grace :given me,*

IAk*o*-bos kai K*e*PHAS kai 'I*o*An*e*s, hoi doKOUNtes [1380] STUloi
[4769]EInai,

*James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars,*

de-xiAS [1188] Ed*o*-ken eMOI kai BarNAba koi-n*o*NIas [2842],

*gave me and Barnabas right hands of fellowship,*

HIna h*e*MEIS eis to ETHn*e*,

*that we go unto the nations,*

auTOI de eis t*e*n pe-ri-toM*E*N [4062];

*and they unto the circumcision;*

MOnon t*o*n pt*o*CH*O*N [4434] HIna mn*e*-moNEU*o*-men [3421];

*10 only they would that we remember the poor;*

ho kai eSPOUda-sa [4704] auTO TOUto poi*E*sai.

*which selfsame thing I also gave diligence to do.*


 *l. 2:11 PAUL WITHSTANDS PETER*

HOte de *E*Lthen K*e*PHAS eis An-tiOchei-an,

*But when Cephas came to Antioch,*

kaTA PROs*o*-pon auT*O* anTESt*e*n [436], HOti ka-teg-n*o*sMEnos [2607] *e*
n.

*I withstood him to the face, because he was condemned.*


 *m. 2:12 PETER'S VACILLATION ON THE JUDAIZING PRINCIPLE*

pro tou gar elTHEIN tiNAS aPO 'IaK*O*bou,

*For before that certain came from James,*

meTA t*o*n ethN*O*N suN*E*Sthi-en [4906];

*he ate with the nations;*

HOte de *E*Lthon, huPEstel-len [5288 kai aPH*O*ri-zen [873] he-auTON,

*but when they came, he drew back and separated himself,*

phoBOUme-nos [5399] tous ek pe-ri-toM*E*S [4061].

*fearing them of the circumcision.*


 *n. 2:13 RESULT OF PETER'S EXAMPLE: MORE VACILLATION*

kai su-nu-peKRIth*e*san [4942] auT*O* kai hoi loiPOI 'IouDAIoi;

*And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him;*

H*O*Ste kai BarNAbas su-naP*E*CHth*e* [4879] auT*O*N t*e* hu-poKRIsei [5272]
.

*so that Barnabas also was carried away with the dissimulation.*


 *o. 2:14 PAUL CONFRONTS PETER'S HYPOCRISY ON THE JUDAIZING QUESTION*

all' HOte EIdon HOti ouk or-tho-poDOUsin [3716]

*But when I saw that they walked not uprightly*

pros t*e*n aL*E*thei-on tou eu-ag-geLIou,

*according to the truth of the gospel,*

EIpon t*o* K*e*PHA EMpros-then [1715] PANt*o*n, Ei su, 'IouDAIos huPARch*o*
n,

*I said to :Cephas before all, If you, being a Jew,*

eth-niK*O*S, kai ouk 'Iou-da-iK*O*S z*e*s 2198],

*live as Gentiles, and live not as Jews,*

p*o*s ta ETHn*e* a-nagKAzeis [314] 'Iou-daIzein?

*how do you compel the nations to be as Jews?*


 *3. 2:15-21 BASIS OF JUSTIFICATION: FAITH - NOT WORKS OF LAW*

*a. 2:15-16 PAUL DEFENDS FAITH - NOT WORKS - AS BASIS OF JUSTIFICATION*

H*e*MEIS PHUsei [5449] 'Iou-daIoi, kai ouk ex ethN*O*N ha-mar-t*o*LOI 268],

*We Jews by nature, and not sinners of the nations,*

eiDOtes de HOti ou di-kaiOUtai [1344] ANthr*o*-pos ex ERg*o*n [2041] NOmou
[3551]

*16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of law*

eAN m*e* diA PIste-*o*s 'I*e*SOU ChrisTOU,

*except through faith in Jesus Christ,*

kai h*e*MEIS eis 'I*e*SOUN ChrisTON e-pisTEUsa-men [4100],

*even we :believed unto Christ Jesus,*

HIna di-kai-*o*TH*O*men [1344] ek PIste-*o*s ChrisTOU,

*that we might be justified by faith in Christ,*

kai ouk ex ERg*o*n NOmou:

*and not by works of law:*

HOti ex ERg*o*n NOmou ou di-kai-*o*TH*E*se-tai PAsa sarx.

*because by works of law shall no flesh be justified.*


 *b 2:17a THAT CHRIST JUSTIFIES SINNERS IS NO REFLECTION ON CHRIST*

ei de, z*e*TOUNtes [2212] di-kai-*o*TH*E*nai en ChrisT*O*,

*But if, seeking to be justified in Christ,*

heuREth*e*-men [2147] kai auTOI ha-mar-t*o*LOI [268],

*we ourselves also were found sinners,*

Ara ChrisTOS ha-marTIas diAko-nos [1249]?

*is Christ then minister of sin?*


 *c. 2:17b Be it not so. *m*e* GEnoi-to [1096].


 *d. 2:18 A TRANSGRESSOR: ONE WHO REVERTS BACK TO JUSTIFICATION BY LAW*

ei gar ha kaTElu-sa [2647] TAUta PAlin oi-ko-doM*O* [3618],

*For if I build up again what things I destroyed,*

pa-raBAt*e*n [3848] e-mauTON su-niSTAno [4921].

*I prove myself transgressor.*


 *e. 2:19 POWER OF LAW OVER US DIED WHEN CHRIST DIED AND ROSE AGAIN*

eG*O* gar diA NOmou aPEtha-non [599], HIna The*O* Z*E*s*o* [2198].

*For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.*


 *f. 2:20 CHRIST LIVING IN US: A LAW THAT SUPERCEDES LAW OF MOSES!*

ChrisT*O* su-neSTAUr*o*-mai [4957];

*I have been crucified with Christ;*

z*o* [2198] de ouKEti eG*O*, z*e* de en eMOI ChrisTOS:

*and no longer I live, but Christ lives in me:*

ho de nun z*o* en sarKI [4561]

*and what I now live in the flesh*

en PIStei z*o* t*e* tou huiOU tou TheOU,

*I live by faith which is in the Son of :God,*

tou a-gaP*E*sanTOS [25] me, kai pa-raDONtos [3860] he-auTON huPER eMOU.

*who loved me, and gave himself up for me.*


 *g. 2:21 PAUL HONORS CHRIST BY REJECTING JUSTIFICATION THROUGH LAW OF MOSES
*

ouk a-theT*O* [114] t*e*n CHArin tou TheOU:

*I make not void the grace of :God:*

ei gar diA NOmou di-kai-oSUn*e* [1343],

*for if righteousness is through law,*

Ara ChrisTOS d*o*-reAN [1432] aPEtha-nen [599].

*then Christ died for nought.*



 *“THE NATURE OF REGENERATION”** - Oswald Chambers - MUFHH*

*Galatians 1:15-16 - “When it pleased God ... to reveal His Son in me...”*


 If Jesus Christ is going to regenerate me, what is the problem He faces? It
is simply this - I have a heredity in which I had no say or decision; I am
not holy, nor am I likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is tell me
that I must be holy, His teaching only causes me to despair. But if Jesus
Christ is truly a regenerator, someone who can put His own heredity of
holiness into me, then I can begin to see what He means when He says that I
have to be holy. Redemption means that Jesus Christ can put into anyone the
hereditary nature that was in Himself, and all the standards He gives us are
based on that nature - *His teaching is meant to be applied to the life
which He puts within us*. The proper action on my part is simply to agree
with God's verdict on sin as judged on the Cross of Christ.


 The New Testament teaching about regeneration is that when a person is hit
by his own sense of need, God will put the Holy Spirit into his spirit, and
his personal spirit will be energized by the Spirit of the Son of God - “...
*until Christ is formed in you.” (Galatians 4:19). *The moral miracle of
redemption is that God can put a new nature into me through which I can live
a totally new life. When I finally reach the edge of my need and know my own
limitations, then Jesus says, “*Blessed are you ...” (Matthew 5:11).* But I
must get to that point. God cannot put into me, the responsible moral person
that I am, the nature that was in Jesus Christ, unless I am aware of my need
for it.


 Just as the nature of sin entered into the human race through one man, the
Holy Spirit entered into the human race through another Man (see Romans
5:12-19). And redemption means that I can be delivered from the heredity of
sin, and that through Jesus Christ I can receive a pure and spotless
heredity, namely, the Holy Spirit.


 *“A BONDSERVANT OF JESUS”** - OC - MUFHH*

*Galatians 2:20 - “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me ...”*


 These words mean the breaking and collapse of my independence brought about
by my own hands, and the surrendering of my life to the supremacy of the
Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me; I must do it myself. God may bring me
up to this point three hundred and sixty-five times a year, but He cannot
push me through it. It means breaking the hard outer layer of my individual
independence from God, and the liberating of myself and my nature into
oneness with Him; not following my own ideas, but choosing absolute loyalty
to Jesus. Once I am at that point, there is no possibility of
misunderstanding. Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ or
understand what He meant when He said “... *for My sake” (Matthew
5:11).*That is what makes a strong saint.


 Has that breaking of my independence come? All the rest is religious fraud.
The one point to decide is - will I give up? Will I surrender to Jesus
Christ, placing no conditions whatsoever as to how the brokenness will come?
I must be broken from my own understanding of myself. When I reach that
point, immediately the reality of the supernatural identification with Jesus
Christ takes place. And the witness of the Spirit of God is unmistakable - *“I
have been crucified with Christ ....”*


 The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own
rights and becoming a *bondservant* of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will
not begin to be a saint. Will we allow Him to help Himself to us, or are we
more concerned with our own ideas of what we are going to be?

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