Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Galatians: Chapter 6].
good." It is curious how prone we are to give in and to give out
in doing the good which somehow becomes prosy or insipid to us.
{In due season} (\kair•i idi•i\). Locative case, "at its proper
season" (harvest time). Cf. 1Ti 2:6; 6:15 (plural). {If we
faint not} (\m• ekluomenoi\). Present passive participle
(conditional) with \m•\. Cf. \eklu•\, old verb to loosen out.
Literally, "not loosened out," relaxed, exhausted as a result of
giving in to evil (\enkak•men\).
6:10 {As we have opportunity} (\h•s kairon ech•men\). Indefinite
comparative clause (present subjunctive without \an\). "As we
have occasion at any time." {Let us work that which is good}
(\ergaz•metha to agathon\). Volitive present middle subjunctive
of \ergazomai\, "Let us keep on working the good deed." {Of the
household of faith} (\tous oikeious t•s piste•s\). For the
obvious reason that they belong to the same family with necessary
responsibility.
6:11 {With how large letters} (\p•likois grammasin\). Paul now
takes the pen from the amanuensis (cf. Ro 16:22) and writes the
rest of the Epistle (verses 11-18) himself instead of the mere
farewell greeting (2Th 3:17; 1Co 16:21; Col 4:18). But what
does he mean by "with how large letters"? Certainly not "how
large a letter." It has been suggested that he employed large
letters because of defective eyesight or because he could only
write ill-formed letters because of his poor handwriting (like
the print letters of children) or because he wished to call
particular attention to this closing paragraph by placarding it
in big letters (Ramsay). This latter is the most likely reason.
Deissmann, (_St. Paul_, p. 51) argues that artisans write clumsy
letters, yes, and scholars also. Milligan (_Documents_, p. 24;
_Vocabulary_, etc.) suggests the contrast seen in papyri often
between the neat hand of the scribe and the big sprawling hand of
the signature. {I have written} (\egrapsa\). Epistolary aorist.
{With mine own hand} (\t•i em•i cheiri\). Instrumental case as in
1Co 16:21.
6:12 {To make a fair show} (\eupros•p•sai\). First aorist active
infinitive of \eupros•pe•\, late verb from \eupros•pos\, fair of
face (\eu, pros•pon\). Here only in N.T., but one example in
papyri (Tebt. I. 19 12 B.C. 114) which shows what may happen to
any of our N.T. words not yet found elsewhere. It is in
Chrysostom and later writers. {They compel} (\anagkazousin\).
Conative present active indicative, "they try to compel." {For
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