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A. Boasting on man's part is excluded (27a)
what becomes of boasting?
what: interrogative adverb of location, in other words, “where can we locate boasting in all of this”
boasting: the act of publicly displaying or proclaiming a satisfied contentment with one’s own achievements.
it is excluded (aor, pass, ind): A “snapshot” event meaning that justification by faith was never meant to include boasting.
B. For justification is based on faith, not deeds of law (27b-28)
law (nomos): a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system.
not by a law of works: which would include boasting
but by the law of faith: which excludes boasting
For we hold that: this is our conclusion
For: explanatory conjunction
hold (logizomai - pres, mid or pass, ind): to consider (reckon) – to deem or reckon to be.
justified by faith apart from works of the law:
apart from (choris): preposition of separation; independent of
C. God is God of Jews and Gentiles, for He justifies both by faith (29-30)
Question: Is God the God of the Jews only?
Is He not the God of the Gentiles also?
Answer: Yes, He is the God of the Gentiles also.
Why these questions?
It declares for us God original purpose in using the Jews as His instrument to bring about the Messiah.
It was always God purpose to save both Jew and Gentile as part of His covenant with Abraham
since God is one: shows God’s unity of purpose and plan in saving both Jew and Gentile.
This was not an after thought, as some have said that God went to the Gentiles because of the Jews rejection of the messiah, but it was always God’s original purpose to save both.
We will discuss this in more detail in chapter 4.
D. This does not void the need for law, but rather meets the requirements of law (31)
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith?:
overthrow (katargeo - pres, act, ind): abolish; set aside; wipe out.
In other words, does faith do away with the purpose of the law?
Did the law have any bearing at all on our justification?
Paul is rejecting the law as the way of salvation.
But since the law as moral demand was not given to sinners in order to justify them (vv.
19, 20), the principle of salvation by grace through faith cannot be a contradiction of the law.
As he later demonstrates, the gospel upholds and furthers the law’s ultimate goal (8:3, 4; 13:8–10).
Galatians 3:19a (ESV)
19 Why then the law?
It was added because of transgressions, ...
By no means!
(me): used to negate the entire clause, thus, “no, we do not overthrow the law by faith”.
on the contrary, we uphold the law:
uphold (histemi - pres, act, ind): to accept the validity of.
Therefore, the law is valid and legitimate.
We uphold the law through the imputed righteousness of Christ
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