Galatians by Jervis, L. Ann -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Table of Contents Foreword Abbreviations Introduction

The Situation that Provoked the Writing of Galatians

The General Appeal of Judaism for Gentiles The Rival Evangelists’ Gospel Appeared More Logical Than Paul’s Paul’s Opponents in Galatia

Audience and Date

The Council at Jerusalem in Acts 15:1–29 Compared with the Meeting Recorded in Galatians 2:1–10 Galatians is One of Paul’s Earlier Letters The Galatian Churches Were Probably in Southern Galatia

The Author Paul

Did Paul Remain a Religious Jew? Did Paul Break with Judaism? This Commentary’s Position—Somewhere in Between

Paul’s Gospel

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

Additional Notes §1

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

Additional Notes §2

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

Additional Note §3

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

Additional Notes §4

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

Additional Notes §5

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

Additional Notes §6

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

Additional Notes §7

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

Additional Notes §8

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

Additional Notes §9

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

Additional Notes §10

§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)

Additional Notes §12

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

Additional Notes §13

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

Additional Notes §14

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

Additional Notes §15

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

Additional Notes §16

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

Additional Notes §17

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

Additional Notes §18

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

Additional Notes §19

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

Additional Notes §20

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

Additional Notes §21

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

Additional Notes §22

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

Additional Notes §23

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

Additional Notes §24

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

Additional Notes §25

§26 Closing (Gal. 6:11–18)

Additional Notes §26

For Further Reading Subject Index Scripture Index

Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha Pseudepigrapha Rabbinic Literature Qumran Ancient Christian and Classical Authors

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