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c. This area was the true Galatia, in race
and language.
d. There were more Gentiles in the
northern cities, hence the problem referred
to in Galatians would more likely exist
there.
e. The early church Fathers understood
the term “Galatia” to mean the northern
region.
2. “Churches of Galatia” were churches in
the southern regions.
a. This is “provincial” Galatia, with the
term used in an official sense.
b. The churches were founded on Paul’s
first missionary journey (Acts 13-14).
c. We know of no churches existing at this
early date in the northern parts of Galatia.
d. Barnabas, who accompanied Paul on
the rst journey but not on the second, is
mentioned more than once in Galatians 2, as
if he were well known to the readers (2:1, 9,
13).
e. The letter was written before the
Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), and therefore
before the second missionary journey;
otherwise Paul would surely have referred
to the Council’s decree favoring Gentile
Christian freedom from the Mosaic law,
which is the main problem being addressed
in Galatians.
f. This is the view generally held today.
IX. OUTLINE
X. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Harrison, Everett F. “The Epistle to the
Galatians.” In The Wycliffe Bible
Commentary, pp. 1283-85.
Hendriksen, William, Exposition of
Galatians. In his New Testament
Commentary series, pp. 3-25.
Ross, Alexander. ‘The Epistle to the
Galatians.” In The New Bible
Commentary, pp. 1089-92.
COMMENTARIES
Cole, R. A. The Epistle of Paul to the
Galatians.
Lightfoot, J. B. The Epistle of Paul to the
Galatians.
Luther, Martin. A Commentary on St.
Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians.
OTHER RELATED SOURCES
Goodwin, Frank J. A Harmony of the Life
of St. Paul.
Stalker, James. The Life of St. Paul.
Tenney, Merrill C. Galatians: The Charter
of Christian Liberty.
1. The date of writing Galatians is an
unsettled question, as is noted later in the
chapter. This book follows the position of
the early writing.
2. If these two letters were the rst two
books to be written, it is interesting to
observe that this balance was the rst
message to the early church.
3. In 2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul addresses the
