Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

by Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Publisher:

Macmillan and Co.

, 1890

Overview

J.B. Lightfoot's classic commentary on the Greek version of Galatians. Contains extensive verse-by-verse exegetical commentary, as well as dissertations on the people and churches of Galatia, the date and genuineness of the epistle, the ethnicity of the Galatians, “The Brethren of the Lord,” and St Paul and James, Peter, & John.

Product Details

• Title: Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
• Author: J. B. Lightfoot
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems
• Publication Date: 1890

About Dr. Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Dr. Joseph Barber Lightfoot was educated at Cambridge and Oxford, became the Lord Bishop of Durham in the church of England, served as a minister in St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and was Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. He was also one of the original members of the New Testament Company of Bible Revisers. His other commentaries include volumes on Colossians & Philemon, and Philippians.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Faith is strictly speaking only the means, not the source of justification.” (Page 115)

“It stands here not for the faithful converts from the circumcision alone, but for the spiritual Israel generally, the whole body of believers whether Jew or Gentile; and thus καὶ is epexegetic, i.e. it introduces the same thing under a new aspect, as in Heb. 11:17, etc.; see Winer § 53. p. 545 sq.” (Page 225)

“Between the Spirit and the flesh there is not only no alliance; there is an interminable, deadly feud.” (Page 209)

“ Law exists for the purpose of restraint, but in the works of the Spirit there is nothing to restrain” (Page 213)

“The Gospel is a rescue, an emancipation from a state of bondage.” (Page 73)

Product Details

• Title: Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians
• Author: Joseph Barber Lightfoot
• Edition: 4th ed.
• Series: Classic Commentaries on the Greek New Testament
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1890
• Logos Release Date: 2003
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.53.16
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:28:27Z

About Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), also known as J. B. Lightfoot, was an English theologian, preacher, canon of St Paul's Cathedral and bishop of Durham. His writings include essays on biblical and historical subject matter, commentaries on Pauline epistles and studies on the Apostolic Fathers as well as four posthumously published volumes of sermons. Lightfoot attended King Edward's School in Birmingham before attending Trinity College in Cambridge where he was elected a Fellow of his college. He became a tutor of Trinity College in 1857 and later a professor of divinity, editing the Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology from 1854 to 1859. In 1871, Lightfoot became canon of St. Paul?s Cathedral, preaching regularly and participating in various ecclesiastical activities. He gained enormous popularity for his work Essays on the Work Entitled Supernatural Religion, a defense of the New Testament in response to Walter Richard Cassel's Supernatural Religion. In 1870, Lightfoot became Bishop of Durham, where he continued his theological study, writing, and preaching. Lightfoot wrote commentaries on Galatians, Philippians and Colossians and Philemon, and his newly discovered commentary notes on Acts, John, 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter are being published in the three-volume Lightfoot Legacy set.