GALATIANS CHAPTER SIX

OBSERVATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand in accordance with the framework in which it was written: a framework which is defined by the normative rules of language, context and logic - rules which do not impose undue, unintended meanings to the text , and which largely limit the observer to the content offered by Paul's epistle to the Galatians and his other writings. In order for any passage from elsewhere to be considered, it must have a relationship with the context at hand, such as a Scriptural quotation or a specific cross reference in the passage at hand by the author. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture. Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

I) [Gal 6:1-18]:

A) (Gal 6:1) If Any Believer Is Caught In Any Trespass, Fellow Believers Who Are Spiritual In The Sense Of Properly Instructed In The Word Of God To Do So - By The Spirit, To Restore Such A One But In A Spirit Of Gentleness - Each One Looking To Himself So That He Too Will Not Be Tempted To Sin

B) (Gal 6:1-2) Believers Are To Bear One Another's Burdens And Thereby Fulfill The Law Of Christ

1) [Manuscript Evidence For Gal 6:2]:

2) (Gal 6:1-2) Believers Are To Bear One Another's Burdens And Thereby Fulfill The Law Of Christ

3) [Compare 1 Cor 9:21]:

4) [Compare Jas 5:16]:

5) [Compare Jn 13:34]:

C) (Gal 6:3-4) [For If Anyone Thinks He Is Something When He Is Nothing, He Deceives Himself. But Each One Must Examine His Own Work, And Then He Will Have Reason For Boasting In Regard To Himself Alone, And Not In Regard To Another]:

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:4]:

2) (Gal 6:3-4 NASB) For If Anyone Thinks He Is Something When He Is Nothing, He Deceives Himself. But Each One Must Examine His Own Work, And Then He Will Have Reason For Boasting In Regard To Himself Alone, And Not In Regard To Another

3) [Compare 1 Cor 3:18]:

D) (Gal 6:5) For Each Believer Will Bear His Own Load

1) [Compare Ro 4:12]:

2) [Compare 1 Cor 3:8]:

E) (Gal 6:6 [Let Him Who Is Taught The Word Share In All Good Things With Him Who Teaches]:

1) [Compare 1 Cor 9:7-14]:

F) (Gal 6:6-10 [Do Not Be Deceived, God Is Not Mocked: For Whatever A Man Sows, This He Will Also Reap]:

1) Gal 3:1ff And Gal 6:6-10 Work Together To Establish The Eternal Security Of The Salvation From Hell Unto Eternal Life Via A Moment Of Faith Alone In Christ Alone Apart From Any Godly Works For The Believer; Yet Together The Passages Also Establish The Availability Through The Spirit Of God Received Via The Believer At The Point Of His Faith In Christ In Order To Enhance That Eternal Life By His Sowing To The Spirit In The Sense Of Performing Godly Works In Order To Reap Eternal Life More Abundantly

a) [Compare Phil 2:12-13]:

b) [Compare Ro 8:26-27]:

i) The Spirit also helps the believer in his weaknesses - believers don't know what they should pray for, so the Spirit makes intercession with great intensity and earnestness so that prayers are presented and answered according to the perfect will of God

c) [Compare Ro 6:17]:

i) Paul is addressing believers, stipulating that in their former status as unbelievers they were slaves to sin

ii) Paul thanks God that the particular believers in Rome did not go back to slavery to sin as was their former status as unbelievers but instead obeyed the form of teaching to which they were entrusted

iii) Obedience to the form of teaching of God's Word to which one is entrusted leads to righteousness

d) [Compare 1 Thes 5:23-24]:

i) [Compare Eph 1:3-4]: Author And Apostle Paul Praises / Blesses The God And Father Of Our Lord Jesus Christ On Behalf Of All The Saints For Having Bestowed Every Spiritual Blessing In The Heavenly Places Upon The Saints - The Ones Believing In Christ Jesus, For He Chose Us In Him Before The Foundation Of The World, To Be Holy And Blameless In His Sight In Love:

i_a) [Compare Eph 1:11]:

[Dr. Zane Hodges, "The Gospel Under Siege", Redencion Viva Publishers, Dallas, Texas, Second Edition, 1992, pp. 86-89]:

INTRODUCTION

[Compare Gal 3:2-5]:

ETERNAL LIFE IS EXPERIENCED IN MORE THAN ONE DEGREE

ENHANCING ONES ETERNAL LIFE

2) (Gal 5:19-21 vs Gal 6:5-10) The Phrase Rendered "Those Who Live Like This Will Not Inherit The Kingdom Of God" In Gal 5:19-21 Is A Warning To Believers Of The Possibility Of The Loss Of Their Eternal Inheritance Of The Kingdom Of God. It Is Not A Warning To Believers That They Might Lose Their Salvation From Hell Unto Eternal Life If They Commit Such Sins As Specified. Both Passages Have The Same Context: Believers Walking In The Spirit Enhancing Their Own Eternal Inheritance Verses Believers Walking In The Flesh Resulting In Losing Their Inheritance Of The Kingdom Of God

a) [Compare Eph 5:1-14]:

[= NO IMMORAL OR IMPURE PERSON OR COVETOUS MAN, OR ONE WHO IS AN IDOLATOR BE HE BELIEVER OR UNBELIEVER HAS AN INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ]:

b) [Compare 1 Cor 6:1-20]:

[= BELIEVERS WHO LIVE UNFAITHFUL LIVES WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD]:

c) [Compare Col 1:9-12, 21-23]:

[= LIVE A WORTHY LIFE AND THE BELIEVER WILL SHARE IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT]

d) [Compare Col 3:23-24]:

[= BELIEVERS ARE TO WORK FOR THE LORD SO THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE AS A REWARD WHEN THEY GAIN ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN]:

e) Compare 2 Timothy 2:11-13]: 

[= IF WE BELIEVERS ENDURE, I.E., LIVE FAITHFUL LIVES, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM. IF WE BELIEVERS DISOWN CHRIST'S OWNERSHIP OF US, I.E. BE UNFAITHFUL, HE WILL DISOWN OUR INHERITANCE OF REIGNING WITH HIM]:

f) [Compare Jas 2:1-5 ]:

[= GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY OF CHOOSING THE POOR TO BE HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM AND BELIEVERS' FREE WILL CHOICE TO PERSEVERE UNDER TRIALS UNTO THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE THAT GOD DESIRES RESULTING IN BECOMING AN HEIR TO THE KINGDOM ARE BOTH IN VIEW]:

g) [Compare Mt 10:32-33, 37-39 ]:

[= TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND BE WORTHY: CONFESS AND BE CONFESSED BEFORE THE FATHER; OR DENY AND BE DENIED YOUR ETERNAL INHERITANCE BUT NEVER YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE]:

h) [Compare Mt 5:1-5, 9-12 ]:

[= THE BEATITUDES: THE MEEK, THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL, SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH]:

[Robert N. Wilkin states, (Journal of the GRACE EVANGELICAL SOCIETY, "Christians Who Lose Their Legacy: Galatians 5:21," p. 32-33)]:

i) [Compare Ps 2:6-8]:

ii) [Compare Heb 1:8-9 and 12:2 which reaffirm this point]:

h cont) [Compare Mt 5:1-5, 9-12 cont.]:

[= THE BEATITUDES: THE MEEK, THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL, SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH, cont.]:

2 cont.) (Gal 5:19-21 vs Gal 6:6-10 cont.) The Phrase Rendered "Those Who Live Like This Will Not Inherit The Kingdom Of God," Is A Warning To Believers Of The Possibility Of Loss Of Their Eternal Inheritance. It Is Not A Warning To Believers That They Might Lose Their Salvation From Hell Unto Eternal Life If They Commit Such Sins As Specified In Gal 5:19-21, cont.

i) [Compare Gal. 5:19-21 with Gal 6:7-8]:

i) [Compare Ro 3:22b-24]:

ii) [Compare Eph 2:8-9]:

iii) [Compare Heb 1:14]:

iv) [Compare Lk 18:18-19]:

v) [Compare Mk 10:17]:

vi) [Compare Lk 10:25-28]:

vii) [Compare Mt 19:29]:

viii) [Compare Rev 2:26]:

G) (Gal 6:9) Let Us Not Lose Heart In Doing Good, For In Due Time We Will Reap If We Do Not Grow Weary

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:9]:

2) (Gal 6:9) Let Us Not Lose Heart In Doing Good, For In Due Time We Will Reap If We Do Not Grow Weary

H) (Gal 6:10) So Then, While We Have Opportunity, Let Us Do Good To All People, And Especially To Those Who Are Of The Household Of The Faith

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:10]:

2) (Gal 6:10) So Then, While We Have Opportunity, Let Us Do Good To All People, And Especially To Those Who Are Of The Household Of The Faith

I) (Gal 6:11) Paul Handwrites The Conclusion To His Letter To The Galatian Believers, Writing In Large Letters To Make His Message More Emphatic

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:11]:

2) (Gal 6:11) Paul Handwrites The Conclusion To His Letter To The Galatian Believers, Writing In Large Letters To Make His Message More Emphatic

J) (Gal 6:12-13) In His Hand Written Conclusion Paul Emphasizes That The Judaizers Were Trying To Make A Good Showing Before Other Jews By Compelling The Galatian Believers To Be Circumcized So That They [The Judaizers] Would Not Be Persecuted By Fellow Jews For Upholding The Cross Of Christ. Although The Judaizers Did Not Faithfully Keep The Law Themselves, They Desired To Have The Galatian Believers Circumcized So That They Might Boast Before Fellow Jews Of Causing The Galatian Believers To Convert To Judaism

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:12]:

2) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:13]:

3) (Gal 6:12-13) In His Hand Written Conclusion Paul Emphasizes That The Judaizers Were Trying To Make A Good Showing Before Other Jews By Compelling The Galatian Believers To Be Circumcized So That They [The Judaizers] Would Not Be Persecuted By Fellow Jews For Upholding The Cross Of Christ. Although The Judaizers Did Not Faithfully Keep The Law Themselves, They Desired To Have The Galatian Believers Circumcized So That They Might Boast Before Fellow Jews Of Causing The Galatian Believers To Convert To Judaism

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:15]:

2) (Gal 6:14-15) Paul Personally Hand Writes, "But May It Never Be That I Would Boast, Except In The Cross Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Through Which The World Had Been Crucified To Me, And I To The World. For Neither Is Circumcision Anything, Nor Uncircumcision, But A New Creation"

a) [Compare Gal 3:26-28]:

b) [Compare 2 Cor 5:17 ]:

c) [Compare Eph 2:8-10]

L) (Gal 6:16-18) And Those Who Will Walk By This Rule - The Rule Of Boasting In The Cross Of Our Lord Jesus Christ As New Creations In Christ, Peace And Mercy Be Upon Them, And Upon The Israel Of God. Paul Wrote, 'From Now On Let No One Cause Trouble For Me, For I Bear On My Body The Brandmarks Of Jesus. The Grace Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Be With Your Spirit, Brethren. Amen."

1) [Manuscript Evidence for Gal 6:17]:

2) (Gal 6:16-18) And Those Who Will Walk By This Rule - The Rule Of Boasting In The Cross Of Our Lord Jesus Christ As New Creations In Christ, Peace And Mercy Be Upon Them, And Upon The Israel Of God. Paul Wrote, 'From Now On Let No One Cause Trouble For Me, For I Bear On My Body The Brandmarks Of Jesus. The Grace Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Be With Your Spirit, Brethren. Amen."