Chapter 1Standard greeting in which Paul reminds the Galatians of his apostolic authority, an authority that comes directly from God. The assertion of this authority will be important to counter those who are teaching another gospel. He also repeats the gospel declaration that Jesus gave himself up to rescue us from our sins. Is there anything else that you would wish to add?
1 Paul, an apostle not from human beings nor through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, 2 and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: 3 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Let me know when you’ve covered every verse of every chapter, arranged it in logical units of thought, found the key points and subpoints of each unit of thought, and find a theme for the whole book.
Then I’d love to hear what you learned.
Studying the scripture is a great thing, and seeing the structure is the first step - before you get to the rest.