The Epistle of Galatians was written by Apostle Paul in 49 A.D. and has six chapters. It is the 9th book in the New Testament. The main personalities in the book are Barnabas, Abraham, Titus, Apostle Paul, Peter, and the false teachers. The book generally speaks about the Jewish legalism towards the gentiles and circumcision. In the introduction of the book in chapter 1 – 2, Paul gives a testimony saying that he had received the one true gospel message warning anyone who would try to present any other gospel message. Chapter 1 verse 9 of the book says "as we have said before, so I say again now if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you receive, he is to be cursed." (1:9) In chapter 2 Paul writes that he has been crucified with Christ and that Christ now lives in him (Sumney, 2009). He says in verse 20 that he was living by the faith in Jesus who gave up himself for him.
Chapter 3 starts by reminding the Galatians that the Spirit can only be received by believing and not by observing. The chapter tells the people that the Ten Commandments were supposed to lead them to Christ so that they may be justified by faith (Coogan, Brettler, Perkins, & Newsom, 2018). In chapter four Paul uses Abraham sons as an example to teach the church not to be enslaved by the miserable principles of the law again. He used the case of Abraham's sons one who was born in slavery and the other in freedom.
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In chapter 5 of the book, Paul says that those seeking justification by obeying the commandments have distanced themselves from Christ. Paul compares the actions of the sinners with the actions of the spirit and says that the righteous have crucified the sinful ways and that has freed them from the law. Chapter six concludes the book by reminding us to carry each other's burden and test our actions. He tells us that we will rip what we sow and that what matters in life is a new life in Jesus Christ.
References
Coogan, M., Brettler, M. Z., Perkins, P., & Newsom, C. (2018). New Oxford Annotated Bible. Oxford University Press.
Sumney, J. (2009). The Bible: An introduction. Vatican City State: Fortress press.
