Galatians
Galatians is Paul's passionate defense of justification by faith alone against those requiring Gentile believers to follow the Mosaic Law. It proclaims Christian freedom and the fruit of the Spirit.
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๐ About This Book
Purpose
Paul wrote Galatians to defend the gospel of grace against Judaizers who taught that Gentile believers must follow the Mosaic law for salvation, affirming justification by faith alone.
Audience
The churches in the region of Galatia in Asia Minor.
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Did You Know?
- Called the 'Magna Carta of Christian liberty'
- Written in anger - Paul's most forceful letter
- Contains 'I am crucified with Christ' (2:20)
- Addresses the heresy that Gentiles must follow Jewish law to be saved
- Luther called Galatians his 'wife' - he loved it that much
- Contains the fruit of the Spirit (5:22-23)
- Paul wrote it with his own hand - unusual for him (6:11)
- The earliest of Paul's letters (around AD 48-49)
- Contains 'there is neither Jew nor Greek...male nor female' (3:28)
- Paul rebuked Peter publicly for hypocrisy (2:11-14)