Gálatas 6
A.T. Robertson · Citado em PreceptAustin
Gálatas 6
Robertson adds "Spiritual experts (preachers in particular) need this caution. Satan loves a shining mark." (Galatians 6 Commentary) Be tempted (3985)(peirazo from the noun peira = test from peíro = pierce through to test durability) is a morally neutral word simply meaning “to test”. Whether the test is for a good (as it proved to be in Heb 11:17) or evil depends on the intent of the one giving the test and also on the response of the one tested. In this particular context clearly the temptation would be potentially detrimental and could cause one (yes, even a Spirit filled individual who is not cautious and circumspect) to commit sin. Luke used peirazo of Satan tempting Jesus to sin (Lk 4:2+). In this context the source of temptation is most likely our internal enemy, the sinful flesh (although of course the Adversary could also contribute to the temptation). The point is that the spiritually person must remain spiritually alert and on guard within and without! Related Resources: What does the Bible say about church discipline? What is excommunication in the Bible? What does the Bible say about the form of church government (polity)? What does the Bible say about shunning? When is it necessary to rebuke another believer? What is disfellowshipping? Ray Pritchard has an excellent, practical exposition on Galatians 6:1 - Who are the “fallen” people and how can we help them? This verse gives us four answers to that question. First, they are trapped by sin. The word “caught” was sometimes used for a bird or an animal caught in a trap. It describes a believer who has been suddenly overcome by some temptation that came upon him unawares. A perfect example is Peter who, after boasting that he would never desert the Lord, denied him three times. It is the picture of a believer whose leg is caught in a trap of sin. The bone is broken and the person is trapped with no hope of escape. What will you do when you hear your brother, your sister, crying for help? Will you walk away? Or will you come and help them? Second, they require the help of spiritual people. The phrase “you who are spiritual” in this context describes those who are walking in the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, producing the fruit of the Spirit, and keeping in step with the Spirit. Since this is not meant to describe a certain class of super-spiritual saints, it really applies to everyone who loves the Lord and wants to please him. One writer comments that truly spiritual Christians would never use that term to describe themselves. But the mark of their spirituality is that they are alarmed at what sin has done to a brother or sister in Christ, and instead of walking on by, they stop to help out. I picture in my mind’s eye a vast army of the Lord’s servants, marching along together. They are laughing and singing as they go. As you march with this happy band, your friends are to your right and left. Together you sing “Shout to the Lord” and “Our God is an Awesome God.” Suddenly you notice the friend to your right is no longer there. Looking back, you see him in the distance, lying by the side of the road, his foot badly mangled by a trap labeled “Lust.” His face is contorted in pain, his left leg covered with blood. You can see that he cannot free himself. With pitiful cries, he begs you to come and help him. What will you do? The army marches onward. Will you go back and help your buddy? Or will you march on with the happy throng? If you are truly spiritual, you go back and help your friend for that’s what buddies do for one another. Needed: Gentle Hands Third, they must be restored gently. The word “restore” was used for setting a broken bone and for mending a fishing net. If you’ve ever had a broken bone, you know how painful that can be. And if the doctor is rough, he can make your pain much worse even as he tries to help you heal. That’s why the work of spiritual restoration must be done “gently” or as the King James Version says, “meekly.” It has the idea of doing something quickly, quietly, and with enormous kindness. When a friend is down and hurt by sin, you don’t announce it to the world. You don’t try to ruin his reputation. No, you go to his aid and do what you can to help him recover. Fourth, they must be approached carefully. Here is a warning we all need to consider. Paul says that we should be careful in our helping lest we should fall into the same hole as our friend. Satan is tricky. He knows that if he can get one Christian trapped in sin, he may soon get another and then another. This is why doctors wash their hands so often. Not only must they avoid giving germs to their patients, they must also guard against receiving germs from their patients. In our attempts to help struggling Christians, we must be careful lest we start making excuses, offering rationalizations, avoiding confrontation, and letting sympathy replace truth. Before we leave this noble ministry, I should note that Paul does not specify the sins involved and he does not specify the precise pattern we are to follow. This verse describes a willingness to get involved with others and the attitudes that best promote healing and restoration. The precise details and the time involved will vary from case to case and from person to person. Just as no one medicine cures all diseases, there is no magic formula that works in every case. We are called to care enough to get involved and to act in a compassionate, careful way. (Restoring the Fallen) Adrian Rogers - What to Do with Your Burdens - Galatians 6:1-5 Click here to listen to the 16 minute audio BURDENS WE WILLINGLY TAKE UP (Galatians 6:1) The ministry of restoration A broken person doesn’t need A lecture To be ignored To be reported To be shot down To be cut off or cast away The manner of restoration (Galatians 6:1-2) Do it gently Do it humbly Do it sympathetically A person needing restoration experiences A broken fellowship with God (Psalm 51:4) A guilty conscience (Psalm 32:4) Satanic accusation Public shame The motives of restoration He’s our brother (Galatians 6:1) We’re members of the same family To fulfill the law of Christ which is love (Galatians 6:2) To mend the broken net; to repair our witness for Christ BURDENS WE FAITHFULLY STAY UNDER (Galatians 6:4-5) This type of burden is one that is necessary and useful There are certain responsibilities that nobody can do for us It is our responsibility to repent and trust Christ Prayer burdens To be a witness for Christ BURDENS WE GLADLY LAY DOWN (Psalm 55:22) Cast your burden upon the Lord; He will sustain you (Source) Warren
Gálatas 6
Robertson - Baros means weight as in Mt 20:12; 2 Cor 4:17. It is when one's load (phortion, Galatians 6:5+) is about to press one down. Then give help in carrying it. (Galatians 6 Commentary)
Gálatas 6
Robertson quips on when he is nothing - "Thinks he is a big number being nothing at all (neuter singular pronouns). He is really zero." (Galatians 6 Commentary) Vincent on the phrase is something - For the phrase see Acts 5:36 (claiming to be somebody); Acts 8:9 (claiming to be someone great) 1 Cor. 3:7 ( is anything); 1 Cor 10:19 (is anything); Gal. 2:6; Gal 6:15. (Galatians 6 Commentary) Jamieson on is something - possessed of some spiritual preeminence, so as to be exempt from the frailty of other men. (Galatians 6 Commentary) R C H
Gálatas 6:7
Robertson explains God is not mocked this way… Paul means to say. In particular, he means “an evasion of his laws which men think to accomplish, but, in fact, cannot” (Burton). Mocked (3456) (mukterizo from mukter = the nose, nostril) literally means to turn up one’s nose and thus pictures the idea of scorn. Hence mukterizo means to mock, deride, sneer at, ridicule, treat with contempt. The derivative ekmukterizo means to sneer at. Pollux quotes the word from Lysias: in medicine it is used for bleeding at the nose (Alford)
Gálatas 6:8
Robertson writes that the precise meaning of phthora… turns on the context, here plainly the physical and moral decay or rottenness that follows sins of the flesh as all men know. Nature writes in one’s body the penalty of sin as every doctor knows. Corruption - decomposition or rotting of an organism and the accompanying stench! The utter depravity of the fallen flesh and the resultant moral decomposition of the world opposed to God is driven by it sinful lusts or evil desires. Vine comments that phthora is… the result of the withdrawal of life (which alone maintains the physical organism in effective being) is the dissolution of the body; this process is called corruption, and is attended by conditions repugnant to the senses of the living. This idea of repulsiveness is extended to the moral sphere… Apoleia and phthora signify not the destruction of being but of well-being, not an end of the existence of a person or thing. (Vine, W. Collected writings of W. E. Vine. Nashville: Thomas Nelson or Logos) Phthora was used in Greek to refer to destruction of a fetus and thus to a miscarriage or abortion (Epistle of Barnabas 19:5), which was said to make the mother unclean for 40 days. It was used in Greek to describe the ruination of a person through an immoral act such as the seduction of a young woman. WHO CONTINUOUSLY SOWS TO THE FLESH? WHAT IS CORRUPTION? Here are some interpretations (in no particular order) of "sows to the flesh… will reap corruption"… John Piper's comments (click) Charles Haddon Spurgeon's comments (click) John Eadie writes that phthora in Gal 6:8 "means something more than that “the flesh is a prey to corruption, and with it all fleshly desires and practices come to nothing” (Alford, after Chrysostom and De Wette). 1Co 6:13, 15:42, 50. It is here opposed to "eternal life", and must have its strongest and most awful signification, as in 1Co 3:17, 2Pe 2:12-note. It may have been suggested by the use of sarx; but in meaning it is tantamount to apoleia [word study], Phil 3:20-note. Compare Mt 7:13-note, Ro 9:22-note… The meaning, then, is different only in form from Ro 8:6-note, "the mind set on the flesh is death". Ro 8:13-note, Ro 7:23-note. (Commentary on the Greek text of the epistle of Galatians) Kenneth