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THE APOSTLE OF THE RECONCILIATION
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e Let it not be so.
d
f If the things I destroyed.
g
I again build.
h
I constitute myself a transgressor.
i
A 19,20.
f1
Death.
I died to law.
j Life.
Live unto God.
i Death.
f2
I have been crucified.
j Life.
Yet I live, yet not I.
j Life.
f3
Live by faith of Son of God.
i Death.
Who loved and gave Himself.
g k I do not set aside.
B 21.
l Grace of God.
l Righteousness by law.
k Christ died in vain.
The argument of chapter 4:1-11 is important to the teaching of the epistle:
Sonship versus Infancy.
A 1,2.
a As
d The heir.
e Is an infant (nepios).
long
as.
e Differs nothing from a slave.
d Though lord of all.
b
f Is under guardians.
g Until time predetermined.
B 3.
c h When (hote) infant.
i Enslaved to rudiments.
g Fulness of time come, sent forth Son.
A 4-7.
b
f Redeem from under (hupo) law, sent forth Spirit.
d A slave.
a No
e But a son (huios).
longer
e If a son.
d Then heir of God.
B 8-11.
c h1
Then (tote) knew not God.
i1
Enslaved to idols.
h2 Now (nun) known to God.
i2
Again enslaved to rudiments.
It will be seen by the above that infancy and adulthood may be predicted of dispensations as well as of
individuals. This is an important point to observe in the unfolding of God's purpose. The failure of the members of
the one body to manifest `the perfect man' is no excuse for such to follow the standard `Back to Pentecost'.
Galatians 4:12 to 6:17 is divided into two sections by three personal appeals of the apostle.