The New Testament commentary for schools, ed. by C.J. Ellicott

joining with St. Paul in the saluta-"domus Augusta," or imperial tion. The omission in the latter household. case may perhaps be accounted for by the words above (chap. ii. 20, 21), in which, with the single exception of Timotheus, St. Paul declares dissatisfaction with those near him, because "all seek their own, and not the things which are Jesus Christ's."

(21) The brethren which are with me. The list of those who were with St. Paul at one time or another during his imprisonment may be gathered from the Epistles to the Colossians (chap. iv. 10-15) and Philemon (verses 23, 24); where see Notes. How many of these were with him at this particular time we cannot tell. They are distinguished from "all the saints" -the body of the Church in general. (22) Of Cæsar's household.The "household of Cæsar" included a multitude of persons of all ages and ranks and occupations. Dr. Lightfoot, in a very interesting excursus on this verse, remarking that these Christians of Cæsar's household are alluded to as if well known to the Philippians, has examined the various names mentioned in Rom. xvi. (three years before this time), and finds many of them identical with names actually found in sepulchral inscriptions, as belonging to members of the

These were earlier converts; but wherever St. Paul's prison was, he can hardly have failed to gain through the prætorians some communication with the household of the emperor, whose body-guard they were; and the allusion here seems to show that for some reason these Christians of Cæsar's household were in an especial familiarity of intercourse with him. Probably, therefore, he had added from that household new converts to Christ; and he mentions this here, as he had before spoken of his bonds being made manifest in the " prætorium" (chap. i. 13), in order to show the Philippians that his very imprisonment had given special opportunity for the spread of the gospel.

(23) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. -The true reading is, be with your spirit (as in Gal. vi. 18; Philem. verse 25; 2 Tim. iv. 22). The reading of our version is the more ordinary form of salutation. In one form or another it is "the token in every Epistle" (2 Thess. iii. 17). The grace given by the Spirit of God is received in "the spirit" of man, but in order that the whole man, "body, soul, and spirit, be preserved blameless to the coming of the Lord Jesus" (1 Thess. v. 23).

INDEX.

Amyntas, last king of Galatia, 1.
Antinomian doctrines denounced by
St. Paul, 286.

Antioch, a city of Pisidia, 1; op-
position to St. Paul's preach-
ing, ib.

Antioch in Syria, St. Paul blames
Peter at, 33; opinions of
Christian fathers thereon, 34.
Apostles, Paul unknown to the, 25.
Arabia, Paul's three years' seclusion
in, 23.

Athenagoras, Epistle to Galatians
quoted by, 9.

Atonement, Efficacy of the, 15.
Autographic conclusion of the
Epistles, 5, 7, 90, 91.

Believers, Unspeakable privileges
of, 132-142.

Blessings of Abraham, Gentile par-
ticipation in the, 53.
Bondage of Judaism, Exhortations
to cast off the, 67-69.

Catholic Church, Doctrine of the,

112-114.

Celsus, Epistle to Galatians quoted
by, 9.

Cephas, true reading for Peter, 24,

32, 35.
Ceremonial Law superseded by the
Gospel, 3.

Charitableness to the fallen incul-

cated, 86.

Children and parents, Duties of,
221.

Christ and faith, the watchwords
of St. Paul, 4.
Christian freedom, 67.
Christian liberty, Blessings of, 76.
Christianity superior to Judaism,

4,5; no compromise between, 76.
Christology, The advanced, 114—
116.

Christ's death a ransom, 14.
Christ's death, Benefit of, 52.
Christ's great humility, 264; God
hath exalted Him, 266, 267.
Church of Galatia founded by St.
Paul, 8.

Church of God, Paul persecutes
the, 21.

Churches of Judea, Paul unknown
by face to the, 26.
Circumcision insisted on by the

Church at Jerusalem, 3; its
unprofitableness, 77; the Ga-
latians seduced by the Judais-
ing teachers, 78.

Commentators on Galatians, 10
Companions, St. Paul's, 13.
Condition and trials of the Church,
116-118.

Contributions for the poor from
Antioch, 33.

Damascus, Paul's residence at the
city of his conversion, 24.
Date of St. Paul's conversion, 27.
Defection of the Galatians, 16—18,
43.

Defence against his opponents,

St. Paul's, 19.
Dissimulation of Barnabas and
other Jews, 35.

Diversity of gifts and graces, 184.
Divine revelations to St. Paul, 27.
Doctrinal troublers of the Gala-
tians, 16, 17.

Ebionites, The, 33.

Election, 135, 136, 140, 141.
Encyclical character of St. Paul's
Epistles, 133.
Epaphroditus, 274.
Ephesians, their former heathen
condition, 159, 194, 195.
Ephesus, St. Paul's labours there,
120, 121.

additional dominions formed
into a Roman province, ib.; its
early inhabitants, 2; St. Paul's
first visit to, 8; the Church
founded,, ib.; his second visit
to Galatia, 7, 9; their per-
secutions, 45.

Galatia, Foundation of the churches
of, 1, 2.
Galatians, St. Paul's Epistle to the,
1-103; whether addressed to
the original Galatians, or to
those of the Roman province,
1, 2; contents and doctrinal
character, 3; its main sections
and autographic conclusions,
5, 7; date and place of com-
position, 7, 9; its genuineness,
9; tabular outline of the
Epistle, 6, 7; references to it
in the apostolic fathers, 9, 10;
St. Paul's reason for writing
the Epistle, 11, 43; relapse of
the Galatian converts, 43, 78;
final summary of doctrine, 180
-193.

Galatians, their Celtic origin, 2.

Epistle to the Ephesians, St. Paul's,
132-234; introduction, 120—
131; date and place of writing,
120; church to which it is ad-
dressed, 120-126; its genuine-
ness, 126-129; its contents,
129-131; analysis of the
Epistle, 130 (see Gentiles-Galatians beguiled by Judaisers, 3,
Ephesians).
Epistles of St. Paul's first captivity,
General introduction to the,
107-119; period to which
they belong, 107; their genu-
ineness, 108; style, 110; sub-
stance, 111-118; order of the
Epistles, 118; commentaries
thereon, 119.

9, 28, 43, 75, 78.
Gallogræcia; Galatia inhabited by
Greeks, 2.

Gentile participation in the bless-
ings of Abraham, 53.
Gentiles, Paul's success among the,
32; called to preach Christ to
the, 22.
Gentiles, God's purpose towards
the, 158-180; their restora-
tion in Christ Jesus, 150; their
union with God's chosen
people, 164, 171; St. Paul's
prayer for the further know-
ledge of the, 168.

God's children, Privileges of, 64,
65.

God's fatherly love, 15.

Greek language and race, Ubiquity
of the, 61.

Greeks settled in Galatia, 2.

Inability of the Law to justify, 37,
38.

Inheritance of Canaan given to
Abraham by promise, 56.

Jerusalem, Paul's visits to, 24, 27,

95; parallel passages, 96-99.
Jewish and Christian Churches,
Points of parallelism between
the, 71.

Jewish Church enslaved, Christian

Church free, 71.

Law, Old Testament, not binding
on Christians, 3.
Law, True function of the, 57.
Liberality towards Christian teach-
ers, Exhortations to, 89.
Lust of the flesh, How to avoid, 82.

Marcion, the Gnostic, 33, 123, 126,
127; Epistle to the Galatians
quoted by, 9, 10.

Marks of the Lord Jesus, 94.
Messiah the descendant of Abra-
ham, 54.

Metaphors taken from building, St.

Paul's use of, 39, 165-168.
MSS. of the Epistles, various read-
ings of, 14, 15, 19, 24, 32, 34,
35, 36, 44, 55, 85, 87, 93, 94,

102, 122, 123, 125, 126, 133,
134, 173, 184, 296.

Muratorian canon, 10, 109, 126, 127.

Jewish Law not binding on Chris- Mystery of God's will, The, 138.

tians, 3.

Jews in Galatia, 2.
Judaising teachers, Influence of, 3,

9, 28, 43, 75; Paul's indigna-
tion at the, 76, 80; his warn-
ings against the, 278-282.
Judaism inferior to Christianity, 6.
Justification by faith, Doctrine of,

111.

Justin Martyr, 9, 49.

Laodicea, 123, 125, 126.
Laodiceans, Epistle to the, 123,

125.

Law, Abolition of, by Christ's
death, 53.

Law, Action of the, contrasted with
faith, 49.

Law and circumcision, the watch-

words of the Jews, 4.
Law, Giving of the, four hundred
and thirty years later than the
covenant, 56.

Natural and spiritual Israel, The,
72-75.

Parents and children, Duties of,

221.

Paul, St., his two visits to Galatia,
3, 8; his association with the
elder apostles, 4; with St.
Peter, 5; the church founded
by him, ib.; his apostleship
derived from God, 4, 12, 20.
Paul's Cæsarean captivity, 107, 108.
Paul a persecutor, 21; called by

God to preach Christ, 22.
Paul's bondage, 248, 252, 253.
Paul's conversion, 20, 22.
Peter, St., his association with St.

Paul, 5; his inconsistency re-
buked by Paul, ib., 33; his
impulsive and timid character,

34.

Salutations in St. Paul's Epistles,
11, 13, 132, 133, 234, 245, 300.
Salvation by grace, 156.
Salvation, Doctrine of, 111.
Second missionary journey, St.
Paul's, 8, 79.
Self-mutilation, 80.
Sins of impurity condemned, 203.
Slaves, Duties of, 222-224.
Sons of God, All Christians the, 61.
Special moral duties, 198.
Spirit lusting against the flesh,
The, 82.
Spiritual freedom, 75.
Syria and Cilicia, Paul's first visit
to, 25.

Tertullian, 123.
Third missionary journey, St.
Paul's, 6, 7, 8, 18.

Titus, Paul's companion, 27, 28.
Traditions of the Jews, 21.
Tribulations and sufferings, Paul's,
175.

True seed of Abraham, The fol-
lowers of the Messiah the, 61.
U.

Unity of all in Christ, The, 139,
150.

Unity of spirit, Exhortations to,
262.

Unity of the Church of Christ, 180.

Works of the flesh, The, 82, 83.

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