Chief abbreviations

Abbott-Smith G.	Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1960 edition).
AV	Authorized Version (King James’ Version), 1611.
BAGD	A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, ed. by William F. Arndt and F. Wilbur Gingrich, a translation and adaptation of Walter Bauer, Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch; second edition revised and augmented by F. Wilbur Gingrich and Frederick W. Danker (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979).
BDF	F. Blass, A. Debrunner and R. W. Funk, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961).
Betz	H. D. Betz, Galatians: a Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Churches in Galatia, Hermeneia Series (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1979).
Bruce	F. F. Bruce, The Epistle to the Galatians: A Commentary on the Greek Text, NIGNTC (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1982).
Burton	E. de Witt Burton, The Epistle to the Galatians, ICC (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1921).
Cousar	Charles B. Cousar, Galatians, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, Interpretation Series (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982).
Daube	D. Daube, The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism (London: Athlone Press, 1956).
Davies	W. D. Davies, Paul and Rabbinic Judaism (London: SPCK, 21955).
Ellis	E. E. Ellis, Paul’s Use of the Old Testament (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1957).
ET	English translation.
GNB	Good News Bible, 1976.
Guthrie	Donald Guthrie, Galatians, NCBC (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, and Basingstoke: Marshall, Morgan and Stott, 1982).
IBD	The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3 vols. (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980).
ICC	The International Critical Commentary.
IDB	The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1979).
IDBS	Supplementary volume to The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1979).
JB	The Jerusalem Bible, 1985.
Judge	E. A. Judge, The Social Pattern of the Christian Groups in the First Century (London: Tyndale Press, 1960).
Lightfoot	J. B. Lightfoot, The Epistle to the Galatians (London: Macmillan, 1900).
Luther	Martin Luther, A Commentary on St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979 [reprint of 1575 English edition]).
LXX	The Septuagint (pre-Christian Greek version of the Old Testament).
Marshall	I. Howard Marshall, Acts: An Introduction and Commentary, TNTC (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980).
mg.	margin.
MM	J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament Illustrated from the Papyri (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980 edition).
Moffatt	J. Moffatt, A New Translation of the Bible, 1926.
MT	The Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Munck	J. Munck, Paul and the Salvation of Mankind (ET, London: SCM, and Richmond: John Knox Press, 1959).
NCBC	The New Century Bible Commentary.
NEB	The New English Bible: Old Testament, 1970; New Testament, 21970).
NICNT	The New International Commentary on the New Testament.
NIGNTC	The New International Greek New Testament Commentary.
NIV	The New International Version, 1973, 1978, 1984.
O’Brien	P. T. O’Brien, Colossians and Philemon, Word Bible Commentary (Waco: Word Publishing 1987).
Ridderbos	Herman N. Ridderbos, The Epistle of Paul to the Churches of Galatia, NICNT (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1953).
Ropes	J. H. Ropes, The Singular Problem of the Epistle to the Galatians, Harvard Theological Studies (Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1929).
RSV	The Revised Standard Version: Old Testament, 1952; New Testament, 21971.
TDNT	A Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, ed. by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, a translation by Geoffrey W. Bromiley of Theologisches Wörterbuch zum neuen Testament, 10 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964–76).
TNTC	Tyndale New Testament Commentary.
UBS	United Bible Societies.