Chapter Five

Read Chapter 5

What do we learn from key words?

Circumcision (circumcised)

If you receive circumcision (go back to the law), Christ will be of no benefit to you

If you receive circumcision, you are under obligation to keep the whole law, and you have been severed from Christ

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything in Christ

Law

If you seek to be justified by law, you have fallen from grace

The whole Law is fulfilled in this - “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”

There is no law against the fruit of the Spirit

Spirit

Through the Spirit, by faith, we are waiting for the hope of 

    righteousness

Walk in the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh

The flesh and the Spirit are in opposition to each other

If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, 

     goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

We are to live and walk by the Spirit

Some thoughts on verses 1-5:

Verse 1 - keep standing firm - to me, this means that we should live 

    by faith (the just shall live by faith), and we should stay focused on 

    God’s Word so that we are not deceived into practicing legalism, or 

     any other false doctrines.

Verses 2-4 - by receiving circumcision, the Galatians would have put 

      themselves back under the curse of the law, essentially rejecting

     Christ’s work of redemption.

Verse 5 - hope - the word “hope” here does not mean that you wish 

    something will happen, (which may or may not happen) - it means 

    anticipating the complete fulfillment of the promise

Verse 6 - faith working through love - we demonstrate our faith by 

     showing love