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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Galatians 3 In this chapter the apostle reproves the Galatians for their disobedience to the Gospel, and departure from it; confirms the doctrine of justification by faith, by various arguments; shows the use of the law, and the abrogation of it, and makes mention of several privileges which belong to believers in Christ. He begins with a sharp reproof of the Galatians, and...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

But that no man is justified,.... There are some that are justified, as all God's elect are, in his own mind and will from eternity; which will of his to justify them, upon the righteousness of his Son, undertook by him to bring in, is their justification in the court of heaven; and all that believe in Christ are openly and manifestly justified in the court of conscience, under the testimony of...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The apostle in this chapter, I. Reproves the Galatians for their folly, in suffering themselves to be drawn away from the faith of the gospel, and endeavours, from several considerations, to impress them with a sense of it. II. He proves the doctrine which he had reproved them for departing from—that of justification by faith without the works of the law, 1. From the example of Abraham's...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Here Paul quotes again from the Old Testament Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” Even the just man lives by faith; then, how can you who are not just expect to live in any other way?

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But that no man is justified by the law, in the sight of God is evident: for the just shall live by faith. This passage is again and again repeated in the Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” There are no other just men living, there cannot be any other just men living, but those that live by faith.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

So then they which be faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. If then, even those who are just...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Scripture lays it down as a rule, that justified men live by faith; if this be the rule, then certainly they do not live by works.