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Book | Epistle to the Galatians |
Category | Pauline epistles |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 9 |
Galatians 1 is the first chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle for the churches in Galatia, written between 49 and 58 AD.[1] This chapter contains Paul's significant exposition concerning the significance of God's revelation of Jesus Christ.[2]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 24 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
The form of the opening words follows the custom in the era 'writer to addresses; greetings' found in other New Testament and early Christian letters.[3] Only Romans 1:1–6 elaborates the greetings at a greater length than in this epistle.[3]
Instead of the usual note of thanksgiving following the greetings, Paul criticizes the Galatians for deserting his teaching of God's grace and turning to a different gospel, while there is no other gospel, and calls those who spread the fake gospel as anathema.[7]
Paul claims that his proclamation of the gospel is not of human origin but directly from the revelation of Jesus Christ.[8]
The clarifying account of Paul's pre-Christian life may be a response to an effort by his opponents to use it to undermine his authority.[9] The word 'Judaism' in verses 13 and 14 are the only two references in the whole New Testament, and not until half a century later in the writings of Ignatius, 'Judaism' and 'Christianity' are considered two 'religions'.[10]
In this part, Paul recounts his interaction with the leaders in Jerusalem, but maintains his independence of the Jerusalem authorities.[11]
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