Galatians
The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, usually referred to
simply as Galatians, is the ninth book of the New Testament.
It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of Early
Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in
central Anatolia. The author is principally concerned with the
controversy surrounding Gentile Christians and th...
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LITERATURE
When and to whom, precisely, this letter was written, it is
difficult to say; its authorship and purpose are
unmistakable. One might conceive it addressed by the apostle
Paul, in its main tenor, to almost any church of his
Gentilemission attracted to Judaism, at any point within the
years circa 45-60 AD. Some plausibly argue t...
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was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his
journey through Galatia and Phrygia, Ac 18:23 and probably in
the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ephesus,
which terminated with the Pentecost of A.D. 57 or 58. The
epistle appears to have been called forth by the machinations
of Judaizing teachers, who, shortly before th...
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The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question.
Its
Pauline origin is universally acknowledged.
Occasion of. The churches of Galatia were founded by
Paul
himself (Acts 16:6; Gal. 1:8; 4:13, 19). They seem
to have been
composed mainly of converts from heathenism (4:8),
but partly
also of Jewish converts, who probably, under the
...
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Written by Paul, as the style proves. The heading and
allusions to the apostle of the Gentiles in the first person
throughout confirm his authorship (Galatians 1:1; Galatians
1:13-24; Galatians 2:1-14). Irenaeus (Adv. Haer., 3:7, sec.
2, referring to Galatians 3:19), Polycarp (Philippians 3,
quoting Galatians 4:26; Galatians 6:7), Justin Marty...
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