The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians (The New Daily Study Bible | NDSB)

by William Barclay

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2002

Overview

The letters to the Galatians and Ephesians proclaim that Christianity was dependent upon nothing but God's free gift of grace, bestowed on all who would accept that gift by faith, Gentile and Jew alike. Because they declare this universality and confute the Judaizing Christians, these letters are some of the great theological cornerstones of Christianity, according to Dr. Barclay.

Key Features

• Insightful devotionals and commentary on the New Testament
• Wisdom and biblical knowledge from well-loved theologian William Barclay

Contents

Top Highlights

“Bengel says that the plague of youth is a ‘broken spirit’, discouraged by continuous criticism and rebuke and discipline that is too strict.” (Page 205)

“There was the custom of child exposure. When a child was born, it was placed at its father’s feet; and, if the father stooped and lifted the child, that meant that he acknowledged it and wanted to keep it. If he turned and walked away, it meant that he refused to acknowledge it, and the child could quite literally be thrown out.” (Page 203)

“The key thought of Ephesians is the gathering together of all things in Jesus Christ.” (Page 77)

“The eighteenth-century German commentator Johann Bengel, considering why this command is so definitely addressed to fathers, says that mothers have a kind of divine patience but ‘fathers are more liable to be carried away by wrath’.” (Page 204)

“So, God chose Christians that they should be different from other people.” (Page 88)

Product Details

• Title: The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians
• Author: William Barclay
• Series: The New Daily Study Bible
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Ephesians › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780664225599, 0664225594
• Resource ID: LLS:NDSB69GAL
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T17:17:55Z

About William Barclay

William Barclay (5 December 1907–24 January 1978) was an author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister, and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow.