...of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law ; ye are (alien from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. в For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcieion ; but faith which...

...believe, &c. Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. —Gal. iii. 6—9. 1 1. 22. 26. We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision ; but faith which worketh...

...his (Christ's) appearing, that is, for all who have kept the faith. In Gal. v. 5. St. Paul saith, " We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith ;" that is, we wait for the accomplishment, or fulfilment of the hope which we have in the Gospel,...

...the Holy Ghost. ' Again to the Galatians, how does he describe the state of mind of a Chrisian ? ' We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness...lives. In a degree this weakness cleaves to us all, or produces upon us the same effect under a different form, namely, in this way, when we find ourselves...

...cannot be uttered."f By him they cleave to the hope of acceptance through Christ's righteousness ; " for we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. "§ And they expect that by his energy * 1 Cor. xii. 3. f 1 John ii. 20. 27. J Rom. vrii. 26. § Gal....

..." But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it ;" Rom. viii. 25. " For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith ;" Gal. v. 5. _ " The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for...

...the mind to wait for the hope of that glad day, when we shall be with him, and be like him ; " for we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." We have repeatedly thought that the church has her standing in her Lord alone. She has never been separated...

..." But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it ;" Rom. viii. 25. " For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith ;" Gal. v. 5. " The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for...

...debtor to do the whole law." That, however, is not attainable during the present dispensation : " But we, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith" (ver. 5). This, again, accounts for that, to me, otherwise unaccountable speech of James to Paul, Acts...

...of the Christian's hope, he says, " Of which hope and expectation, Paul to the Galatians says, ' For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.' He does not say we have obtained it, but he speaks of the hope of the righteousness of God, in the...