Matthew Henry on Galatians 1:1-5
In these verses we have the preface or introduction to the epistle, where observe,
I. The person or persons from whom this epistle is sent - from Paul an apostle, etc., and all the brethren that were with him. 1. The epistle is sent from Paul; he only was the penman of it. And, because there were some among the Galatians who endeavoured to lessen his character and authority, in the front of it he gives a general account both of his office and of the manner in which he was called to it, which afterwards, in this and the following chapter, he enlarges more upon. As to his office, he was an apostle. He is not afraid to style himself so, though his enemies would scarcely allow him this title: an…
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from . . . from--Omit the second "from." The Greek joins God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ in closet union, by there being but the one preposition.
Adam Clarke on Galatians 1:3
Grace be to you, etc. - See on Rom 1:7 (note).
John Gill on Galatians 1:3
Grace to be you,.... After the inscription above, in which the writer of the epistle, and the persons joined to him, are described, and the churches to whom it is written, follows the salutation in these words, and which is common to all the epistles of this apostle; of the sense of which; see Gill on Romans 1:7. The Alexandrian copy reads, "from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "our Father".
John Calvin on Galatians 1:1-5
Galatians 1:1-5
1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,)
1. Paulus apostolus, non ab hominibus, neque per hominem, sed per Iesum Christum, et Deum Patrem, qui suscitavit illum ex mortuis,
2. And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
2. Et qui mecum sunt fratres omnes, ecclesiis Galatiae:
3. Grace be to you, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
3. Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre, et Domino nostro Iesu Christo,
4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
4. Qui d…
