Galatians

August 10, 2021

Sing psalms (Eph. 5:19)

“Sing psalms,

Hymns,

And spiritual songs!

Sing

And make melody

To the Lord

In your heart!”

λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ,

Paul said, “Sing or say (λαλοῦντες) these psalms (ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς), hymns (καὶ ὕμνοις), and spiritual songs (καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς)!  Sing (ᾄδοντες) and make melody (καὶ ψάλλοντες) to the Lord (τῷ Κυρίῳ) in your heart (τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν)!”  Only the Pauline letters used this word ὕμνοις, that means a hymn, sacred song, or song of praise to God, and the word ᾠδαῖς, that means a song, an ode, or a hymn, as well as the word ψάλλοντες, that means to pull, twitch, twang, play, or sing psalms.  However, Paul wanted them to be happy singing or saying psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.  The melody of their heart should be with the Lord, not useless drinking songs.  Paul emphasized the use of the Jewish psalms and other newly created Christian hymns.  Paul was not opposed to happiness, but it was always centered around Jesus Christ.  Is your happiness centered on Jesus Christ?

July 17, 2021

Thank you! – 56

After a little less than two months, I have finished reading and commenting on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.  I have now finished the New Testament four canonical gospels, plus the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul’s letters to the Romans, as well 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, and Galatians.  Every time I finish commenting on a book of the Bible, I send a thank you blog.  I usually post five blogs a day covering a verse of the biblical books.  So far, I have posted over 13,770 blogs about the individual paragraphs of all the 46 books of the Old Testament, plus the individual verses of the first nine books of the New Testament.  It has taken me over seven years to get this done, since I first began in 2013.

Over 4,000 people have emailed me that they are following this project in some form or another.  246 people follow this blog every day.  Many people have visited this site.  The highest recent month was October, 2020 when 1,939 people visited this site.  There have been over 76,287 hits on this blog since its inception.  I just want to thank all of you.  Word Press sent me a compilation that showed that about 6,800 people from 84 countries visited this web site in 2015.

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July 17, 2021

Conclusion (chapter 6)

Paul said that he was writing this with his own handwriting.  He said that the circumcised ones wanted to have the gentile Christians circumcised, to avoid not being prosecuted for the cross of Jesus Christ.  They do not even obey their own law.  They want to glory in your flesh.  However, you should only boast about the cross.  Circumcision is useless and has no value.  Only the new creation of Jesus Christ counts.