A Historical Commentary on St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

1 00.3. Preface 2 01. Historical Introduction: Society and Religion in Central Asia Minor in the Time of St. Paul. 3 02. Section I: Preliminary 4 03. Section II: North Galatia: Land and Peoples 5 04. Section III: Pre-Galatic History of North Galatia 6 05. Section IV: The Pre-Gaulish Inhabitants of Galatia 7 06. Section V: The Religion of Asia Minor 8 07. Section VI: Settlement of the Gauls in Galatia 9 08. Section VII: The History of Galatia, B.C. 232-64 10 09. Section VIII: The Galatian State 11 10. Section IX: The Religion of Galatia 12 11. Section X: Galatia as a Roman Client State 13 12. Section XI: Origin of the Province Galatia 14 13. Section XII: History of the Province Galatia, B.C. 25-A.D. 50 15 14. Section XIII: Civilisation of Galatia Under the Roman Empire 16 15. Section XIV: Language and Letters in North Galatia 17 16. Section XV: The Influence of Christianity in North Galatia 18 17. Section XVI: Later History of the Province Galatia 19 18. Section XVII: The Cities and the Peoples of South Galatia 20 19. Section XVIII: The Jews in South Galatia 21 20. Section XIX: Pisidian Antioch 22 21. Section XX: Iconium 23 22. Section XXI: Lystra 24 23. Section XXII: Derbe 25 24. Section XXIII: Summary 26 25. Historical Commentary: Epistle to the Galatians 27 26. Chapter 1 28 27. The Introductory Address 29 28. II. The Epistle Authorised by the Church In Antioch 30 29. III. Persons Mentioned in the Epistle 31 30. IV. Relation of Paul to Barnabas 32 31. V. “I Marvel” (Gal_1:6) 33 32. VI. “Ye Are So Quickly Removing” 34 33. VII. Cause of the Galatian Movement 35 34. VIII. Paul as a Judaistic Preacher (Gal_1:6-10) 36 35. IX. Another Gospel (Gal_1:6-7) 37 36. X. “Seeking to Please Men” (Gal_1:10) 38 37. XI. Tone of Address to the Galatians 39 38. XII. The Gospel Which Ye Received 40 39. XIII. Dates of the Autobiography 41 40. XIV. The Province of Syria and Cilicia (Gal_1:21) 42 41. XV. The Klimata of Syria and Cilicia 43 42. XVI. The Visits to Jerusalem (Gal_1:18; Gal_2:1 ff) 44 43. XVII. The First Visit to Jerusalem (Gal_1:18-20) 45 44. Chapter 2 46 45. XVIII. The Second Visit to Jerusalem (Gal_2:1-10) 47 46. XIX. Limits and Purpose of the Autobiography 48 47. XX. St. Peter in Antioch (Gal_2:11) 49 48. Chapter 3 50 49. XXI. Spirit of Chapters 3, 4 51 50. XXII. The Address “Galatians,” in Gal_3:1 52 51. XXIII. Galatia the Province 53 52. XXIV. Galatians and Gauls 54 53. XXV. St. Paul’s Roman Point of View 55 54. XXVI. Foolish Galatians 56 55. XXVII. The Two Stages (Gal_3:3) 57 56. XXVIII. The Marvellous Powers (Gal_3:2-5) 58 57. XXIX. The Teaching of Paul 59 58. XXX. The Message to the Galatians 60 59. XXXI. Sons of Abraham (Gal_3:6-9) 61 60. XXXII. Oi ek pisteus 62 61. XXXIII. A Man's Will, Diatheke (Gal_3:15-17) 63 62. XXXIV. The Use of Diatheke in the Pauline Epistles 64 63. XXXV. Greek Law in Galatian Cities 65 64. XXXVI. The Argument From Seed (Gal_3:16) 66 65. XXXVII. Function of the Law (Gal_3:19-22) 67 66. XXXVIII. The Mediator (Gal_3:20) 68 67. XXXIX. Law the Child Guardian (Gal_3:23-25) 69 68. XL. Equality in the Perfect Church (Gal_3:26-29) 70 69. Chapter 4 71 70. XLI. The Infant Son and Heir (Gal_4:1-7) 72 71. XLII. The Rudiments of the World (Gal_4:3; Gal_4:9) 73 72. XLIII. He Sent Forth His Son (Gal_4:4) 74 73. XLIV. The Address at Pisidian Antioch 75 74. XLV. Paul’s Visits to Galatia in Acts 76 75. XLVI. Paul’s Visits to the Galatic Churches 77 76. XLVII. Cause the First Galatian Visit 78 77. XLVIII. The Thorn in the Flesh 79 78. XLIX. Sequence of Thought in (Gal_4:12-20) 80 79. Chapter 5 81 80. L. The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah (Gal_4:21; Galatians 5) 82 81. LI. The Conclusion (Gal_5:1) 83 82. LII. Personal Recapitulation (Gal_5:2-12) 84 83. LIII. The Whole Law (Gal_5:2-4) 85 84. LIV. Freedom and Love (Gal_5:13-15) 86 85. LV. The Spiritual Life (Gal_5:16-26) 87 86. LVI. The Faults of the South Galatic Cities 88 87. Chapter 6 89 88. LVII. The Unforgiving Phrygians (Gal_6:1-5) 90 89. LVIII. Voluntary Liberality to Teachers (Gal_6:6-10) 91 90. LIX. Was There a Letter From the Galatians? 92 91. LX. The Large Letters (Gal_6:11-17) 93 92. LXI. The Parting Message 94 93. LXII. The Concluding Blessing and Denunciation (Gal_6:16-17) 95 94. LXIII. The Stigmata of Jesus (Gal_6:17) 96 95. LXIV. Result of the Epistle