Galatians
Through faith children of God; through love
slaves of one another (3:26; 5:13)
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Outline
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Content
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| I. Salutation (1:1-5) |
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| (II. Thanksgiving ) Omitted |
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| III. Body -(1:6-4:31) |
"The Gospel we
preach" |
| 1. A different gospel?
(1:6-10) |
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| 2. Paul's apostleship
(1:11-2:15) |
- I received it through revelation (1:12)
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| 3. Justification by faith,
not works (2:15-21) |
- I died to law; I am crucified with Christ; Christ
lives in me (2:19-20)
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| 4. Supporting arguments
(3:1-4:31) |
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- a. Galatian experience (3:1-5)
- b. From Scripture (3:6-18)
- c. Now that faith has come (3:19-29
- d. Example: inheritance (4:1-11)
- e. Paul's personal appeal (4:12-20
- f. An allegory of two sons (4:21-31)
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- By doing works of law or by believing what you
heard? (3:2)
- Inheritance not through law, but God granted
through promise (3:18)
- In Christ Jesus children of God through faith
(3:26)
- Heirs according to promise (3:29)
- No longer slave, but child (4:7)
- I am in pain until Christ is formed in you (4:19)
- We are children not of slave but of free (4:31)
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| IV. Ethical Exhortation and Instructions
(5:1-6:10 |
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| 1. Freedom in Christ
(5:1-15) |
- For freedom Christ has set us free (5:1)
- Through love slaves of one another (5:13)
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| 2. Freedom in the Spirit
(5:16-26) |
- Works of the flesh vs. Fruit of the Spirit
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| 3. The law of Christ
(6:1-10) |
- Work for the good of all (6:10)
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| V. Closing (6:11-18) |
- In cross, crucified to world (6:14)
- Not circumcision, but a new creation (6:15)
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