The Pulpit Commentary — Galatians — Section 347

he eoornfully etylee a 0011ci,wn,-es being "and upon the Israel of God," 11eem to be "the onemiee of the oroee of Obrist." This an eoho of the" peace upon Israel (,,pf,.,,, wae wrHten eome yeare after the Epistle to lirl .,.b,, 'l<Tpaf/>..)," which, in the Septuagint, the GRlatlane; but it shows that it was a closes the hundred and twenty-fifth a.nd common experience with the apostle to find hundred and twenty-eighth psolms. The nmong the Gentile Ohurches two claeeea in addition of the words, "of God," seems in- particular of Ohriatians : one, consieUng of tended pointedly to di•tinguish the "Israel " his own adherents and followers in the spirit which the apostle has in view from thot and life of the gospel: another, of those who which boasted iteelt as being Israel while it (either becanse as bom Jews or Gentile was noi, and also from the fRlse brethren Judaizers, they e1JOhewed the pollution of the (,j,,uliali•A</)ol, eh. ii. 4) in the Christian orosa and its aspect towards the ceremonial, Church, who were for linking themselves Law, or because they were Gentiles, ashamed with tha false Israel. The o.ddition is not before their oountrymen of trusting in a Jew merely honorific, as in the expression, " the who hnd been crucified), were fain to the Church of God" (1 Cot. i. 2; 2 Cor. i. 1 ; utmost of their power to thrust the cruci- x. 32; xi 22; xv. 9), bnt distinctive fill fuion of Christ out of sight-" the enemies well-that which alone God views and loves of the oross of Cllriet I" Peaoe be 011 them, as "Israel"-to wit, the entire body of real a.nd meroy, and upon the Israel of God ( dpf,.,,, believers in Christ, who, as portrayed in br' au.-ov,, Kai l>..u,, Kai ,,., ...~,, 'ltTpa~>.. TOU this Epistle, are "children of promise after 8•oiJ). The euppletion of "be" in the the, fashion of Isaac" (eh. iv. 28), Abra- Authorized Version, in preference to " shall ham's seed and heirs of the promise" (eh. be " or " is," is borne out by the fact that iii. 29), and the children of " the upper the language of benediction, both in the Jerusalem, which is our mother" (cb. iv. 26). greeting at the beginuing of the Epistles Of that portion of the true l•rael which 11nd in their close, ·ordinarily. omits the dwelt in Galatia. (see 1 Pet. i. 1 ; ii. 10), copula verb, which in such cues must be those who, like the apostle, consecrated what is here supplied. We may compare in themselves to Christ as crucified, were the particular Eph. vi. 24, "Grace be with all guiding and characterizing element ; and them that lpve our Lord Jesus Christ in therefore his blessing shed npon these spreads unoorruptnees," not· only as similar in con- itself also upon those connected with them. struction, requiring the like suppletion of That the apostle is even here still regardful "be," but also as another instance in which of othel'll among the Ge.I.a.tians, who were the apostle pronounces his pastoral benedic- themselves" shifting a.way from the gospel" tion with a certain limitation, specifying and were drawing others a.way too (eh. i. 6, those only who sincerely" love Jesus Christ."' 7), is shown by the next verse. The limitation in tliese two cases only im- Ver. 17.-From henoeforth (.-oii >..011roii). plied is in 1 Cor. xvi. 22 converted into a This genitive form is found, in the New distinctly expressed anathema upon those Testament, only here wid in Eph. vi. 10, who do not love ClJrist. The present passage where the Textus Receptus reads .-1> >..o,1r6v. makes the implied limitation without even .As being leas: wnbiguoWI, it is chosen in that measure of stern precision which would preference to .-1> >..o11ro11, beca.W1e this latter have been marked by his writing l1rl .-06-rou~ word is all!O used in the sense "finally," as (" upon these") instead of ,,.., au.-ov, (" upon in Phil. iii. 1; iv. 8, as well as for" hence- them"). It seems as if he would fain allure forth," as in l\Iatt. ll.l[vi. 45; Heb. x. 13. back to the gospel blessing those of hie The meaning of .-oii >..o,,roii is illustrated by readers who might feel themselves as not Aristophanes,' Pax.,' 1050, •• You shall never now coming within its range. Perhaps in dine henceforth ( TOiJ Aonroii) any more in the addition of the words," and mercy," we the Pryta.neum ; " and Herod .• iii. 15. Let me,y detect a sympathizing sense in the mind no man trouble me (,rcnrour µ.o, µ.716elr 1rup•• of the apostle of the mental suffering, which xfrw). The phrase, Korous 1rap•x••v, "oa.nse those in Gala.tie. sincerely devoted to the trouble, or annoyance,'' occurs also in Mau. crucified Obrist had 11ml would still have xxvi. 10; Luke xi. 7; xvili. 5. Obviouslv' to encounter, in contending for the truth of the apostle refers to such trou hie as was the gospel against fellow-Churchmen of their now accruing to him from the endea- own. They would probably be no mere vours of the Judaizing party to pervert hard-minded controversialists, but humble, his Galatian disciples. On him fell thi, loving believers, to whom the mercy of God "anxiety of all the Churches" (2 Cor. xL would be very dear. The aposUe adds it to 28). In any of his Gentile Churches, the his greeting only in writing to Timothy defeat of the work of the gospel by J uda.izing (1 Tim. i. 2; 2 Tim. i. 2), distinguished ap- perversion was a "worry" whioh touched parently for the 11ffection11teness and femi- him to the very quick. There fa nothing to nine-heartedness of his oharacter. In Titus warrant the supposition that he alludes to i, 4 the addition is not genuine. The wordll, nssaults w!Mle in piuticul11r upon hi.::! opos-  314 THE EPiSTU.l 'r() ~rtrt GAtA'l'lANS.