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The high, open plateau of central Asia Minor at dawn, seen from a low rise: a Roman road runs across a wide plain toward low hills and a distant snow-touched ridge, under a vast pale sky.

The Book of

Galatians Intro

One gospel, nothing added: set free by grace, through faith in Christ.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min6 chapters

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In 30 seconds

New believers are told: keep the law to belong.

Paul answers: there is no other gospel.

We are made right with God by faith in Christ.

Christ has set us free. Stand firm.

So walk by the Spirit, and serve in love.

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Who wrote it

Paul

Persecutor turned apostle

  • Paul names himself in the first line, and scholars of every view agree he wrote it.Galatians 1:1
  • He wrote the closing lines in large letters, with his own hand.Galatians 6:11
  • To the churches of Galatia. Many think these are the towns of Acts 13–14.Galatians 1:2
  • Written around AD 48–49, just before the Jerusalem council, or in the early 50s; scholars differ.Most scholars

How it’s built

Story, case, life

No othergospel1:1–10 · grace, nota new messagePaul’s story1:11–2:21 · a gospelfrom GodFaith, notlaw3–4 · Abraham’s sonsby faithFree inChrist5–6 · walk by theSpirit in love

Whiteboard

A warning, then Paul’s own story, then his case from Scripture, then how freedom is lived.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it happens

Antioch (Syria)Pisidian AntiochIconiumLystraDerbeJerusalem

Stylised map · locations approximate

On the map

Galatia, Antioch and Jerusalem

Many think Paul wrote to the towns of his first journey; others place the churches further north. Jerusalem and Antioch are where chapter 2 happens.

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Watch for

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1

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Question

Quick question

One Greek believer became a test case for the gospel.

Who went up to Jerusalem with Paul and was not made to be circumcised?

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