Galatians 6

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Galatians 6 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
It is so easy to compare ourselves with others.  This leads to the bad [...]

Galatians 5

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Galatians 5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare [...]

Galatians 4

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Galatians 4 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the [...]

Galatians 3

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Paul isn’t bashful or vague.  Look how he starts off the first paragraph:
Galatians 3 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what [...]

Galatians 2

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Barnabus and Titus were close companions of Paul’s, and one of Paul’s letters to Titus is in the Bible.
Galatians 2 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach [...]

Galatians 1

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I tend to skim over the opening and closing passages too quickly, so I try to slow down and reflect on what is being said. 
Galatians 1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers with me, To [...]

Galatians overview

Greetings!  Today we start a study of Galatians.  It is a fairly short book (only 6 chapters).  I encourage you to read it through quickly or at least skim it, then go back through chapter by chapter in more depth.
Who wrote this and when was it written?  The Apostle Paul wrote this in roughly A.D. 49.  [...]