Galatians
New Testament · translated from the Greek
Paul argues strongly that a person is declared righteous by faith in the Messiah and not by works of the law. That freedom is not an opportunity for the flesh, but for serving one another through love and walking by the Spirit.
How it is laid out
Key verses
- Galatians 2:20 — It is no longer I who live, but the Messiah lives in me
- Galatians 5:1 — For freedom the Messiah has set us free
- Galatians 5:22 — The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…
Who wrote it
Paul (1:1), who at the end writes with his own hand (6:11).
When it was written
Debated: around AD 48–55.
For whom, and in what situation
The assemblies of Galatia (1:2), in Asia Minor, founded by Paul. Some were teaching them that non-Jewish believers had to be circumcised and keep the law of Moses (1:6-9; 5:2-3). Exactly which assemblies of Galatia they were is debated.
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