They are professing believers who have identified externally with the church in Galatia (not an uncommon phenomenon in the first century, or any century). ![]() ![]() The Calvinist alternative would recognize three possibilities.įirst, some insist that these whom Paul describes are not, in point of fact, real Christians. The Arminian interpretation of this passage is that Paul envisions true Christians apostatizing from the faith and being cut off from the saving grace of God which they once genuinely experienced. Those who seek to be justified by law “have fallen from grace” (v. Those who do this “have been severed from Christ” (v. Furthermore, to submit to circumcision is to submit to the obligation “to keep the whole Law” (v. ![]() If a person were to embrace this doctrine, says Paul, “Christ will be of no benefit” to him/her (v. Here the apostle refers to some in the church at Galatia who were considering submitting to circumcision, having believed the Judaizers heretical doctrine that such “works” were necessary to bring their salvation in Christ to its proper and full consummation.
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