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Galatians

  1. Lesson One
    Epistles (First Few Verses Of Each Pauline Epistle)
    25 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Overview of Galatians
    19 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Works-Righteousness as Slavery
    19 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Faith, Life, and the Spirit
    13 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Galatians Faith, Life, and the Spirit In | Principles and Practices, Virtues and Vices
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In | Principles and Practices, Virtues and Vices

Paul preaches freedom from the law and the flesh, but also transformation. He expects the life of Christ and the Spirit to be evident in churches, and to define the way Christians relate to one another and their world. 

In one sense, Paul’s message is always the same, but his tone varies from letter to letter. The early theologian John Chrysostom (ca. 390) summarizes the distinctive voice of Galatians in his fourth century commentary on this letter:

Do you see his parental compassion? Do you see the anguish that is fitting for an apostle? Do you see how he has lamented more bitterly than women giving birth? “You have ruined the image of God,” he is saying. “You have lost the kinship, you have exchanged the likeness. You need a rebirth and a reformation. Yet nonetheless I still call the miscarriages and the abortions my children.”

Source: John Chrysostom, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, edited by Mark J. Edwards, 2006, p. 62.