by Ray Viola | Aug 23, 2015 | Corinthians
William Barclay tells us in his commentary “(The Greeks) were characteristically a litigious people. The law courts were one of their chief entertainments… In a Greek city, every man was more or less a lawyer, & spent a very great part of his time either...
by Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2015 | Corinthians
ACTS 18: 1-13 (Verses 1-3) Paul arrives in Corinth and meets Aquila and Priscilla. 18.1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; Corinth was a Roman colony and the most influential city of the province of Achaia. 18.2 And found a certain Jew...
by Ray Viola | Feb 22, 2015 | Galatians
Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. After having told the Galatians in chapter 4.21-31 that they are the children of the free woman, Paul now reminds them that they ought...
by Ray Viola | Feb 8, 2015 | Galatians
By the fourth chapter of Galatians, the main thesis of the Epistle has been established. Paul has shown that the Gentile Christians are in the true Abrahamic succession of faith. Jesus Christ was the heir of Abraham’s testament; He was the fulfillment of all of the...
by Ray Viola | Jan 26, 2015 | Galatians
Gal 3.19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. The Law would be a bad thing IF it were given to bring spiritual life...