Paul's letters
The book of Galatians
Paul defends the gospel of grace: we are justified by faith, not by works of the law.
Paul wrote to churches he had planted on his first journey, when others taught that Gentile believers must keep the law of Moses. It is probably his earliest letter, written before the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15).
Kinds of writing
- Letter 100%
Key verses
Crucified with Christ. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 (World English Bible)
People
PaulPeterJamesBarnabasTitusAbrahamHagar
Places
GalatiaArabiaDamascusJerusalemAntioch
On the timeline
Hagar and Ishmael sent awaySaul meets the risen Jesus on the Damascus roadThe council at JerusalemPaul writes Galatians
Galatians quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 10 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
If Galatians was written to churches in South Galatia, as many hold, the date is AD 48; if to North Galatia, about AD 53–56. Conventional chronology. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.