Table of Contents

Foreword

Abbreviations

Introduction

  §1  Identification of the Senders and the Addressees and a Wish for Grace and Peace (Gal. 1:1–5)

  §2  Paul’s Astonishment, Condemnation of the Agitators, and Self-Defense (Gal. 1:6–10)

  §3  The Credibility of the Gospel Paul Proclaims (Gal. 1:11–12)

  §4  Paul’s Apostolic Credibility and His Relationship to the Jerusalem Church (Gal. 1:13–17)

  §5  Paul’s Initial Relations with the Jerusalem Church (Gal. 1:18–24)

  §6  Paul’s Second Visit to the Jerusalem Church (Gal. 2:1–2)

  §7  Paul Stands Firm and the Truth of His Gospel Is Recognized (Gal. 2:3–6)

  §8  Paul’s Commission Is Acknowledged (Gal. 2:7–10)

  §9  Paul’s Presentation of His Confrontation with Peter at Antioch (Gal. 2:11–13)

§10  Paul’s Record of His Conversation with Peter (Gal. 2:14–17)

§11  Paul’s Continuing Defense of His Gospel in the Face of Peter’s Hypocrisy (Gal. 2:18–21)

§12  Paul’s Appeal to the Gospel the Galatians Have Known and Experienced (Gal. 3:1–5)

§13  Paul’s Rebuttal of the Rival Evangelists’ Use of the Example of Abraham (Gal. 3:6–9)

§14  Why Gentile Christians Should Not Follow the Law (Gal. 3:10–18)

§15  The Limited Function of the Law in God’s Purposes (Gal. 3:19–25)

§16  Gentiles Are Inheritors of God’s Promise to Abraham through Being in Christ (Gal. 3:26–4:7)

§17  A Reminder of What the Galatians Have Been Liberated From (Gal. 4:8–11)

§18  An Appeal on the Basis of Friendship (Gal. 4:12–20)

§19  Paul’s Interpretation of the Scripture Used by the Rival Evangelists (Gal. 4:21–5:1)

§20  Paul’s Direct Warning: To Become Circumcised Is to Be Divorced from Christ (Gal. 5:2–6)

§21  Paul, Not the Rival Evangelists, Is on the Galatians’ Side (Gal. 5:7–12)

§22  Paul’s Gospel Offers Freedom and Right Living through the Spirit (Gal. 5:13–18)

§23  Vices from Which the Spirit Can Provide Freedom (Gal. 5:19–21)

§24  The Fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22–26)

§25  Life Together in the Spirit (Gal. 6:1–10)

§26  Closing (Gal. 6:11–18)

For Further Reading

Subject Index

Scripture Index