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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Galatians 1:23
They had heard. Rather, "they kept hearing". That he was busy
planting churches in Syria and Cilicia at this time we know from the
fact that we find them in existence soon after (Acts 15:41).
The faith. In the study of this Letter, it is well to keep in
mind that the term "faith" is used by Paul often in a sense that means
more than the act of belief. When it is put in contrast with the law,
it is used in the sense of "The Faith", that is, The Gospel. It
comprehends what is believed, believing, and the results of believing.
The fact that the apostles so often places the definite article before
the word "faith", so that in the Greek he speaks of "The Faith", leaves
no doubt of his meaning. It is unfortunate that the translators have
obscured the meaning by omitting the article. Thus in this chapter the
Greek gives the definite article before the word ("the faith") five
times where it is omitted in the Common Version. The examples are
Galatians 3:14.
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Galatians 1:23
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