III. C. A series of appeals (4:1–20)
And now Paul launches two passionate appeals, the first to the head, the second to the heart of the Galatians. In the first (4:1–11), he affirms that they are no longer slaves to the Law, or young children under the Law’s oversight, but the sons and daught…
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B. Live in the Spirit, not in the Flesh (5:13–26)
iv. The Fruit of the Spirit (5:22–23)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
22. From stern and unambiguous warning Paul turns t…
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Paul Defends His Apostleship And His Gospel (1:11–2:21)
Having staked out his position, Paul devotes the first third of the letter to a vigorous defence of his apostleship and his gospel. Positively, he asserts that they had been received from Jesus Christ (1:11–12). Negatively, …
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E.The implications of his gospel (2:17–21)
The debate in Antioch had been a hard-fought affair. The Judaists had raised every conceivable objection, mounted every conceivable argument: for, as Luke records, there had been “no small dissension and disputation” (Acts 15:2). But Paul had won t…
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Paul continues his exhortation to sow to the Spirit, and then returns to ring the final changes in his battle with the Judaists.
IV. Sow to the Spirit — Do Good to All Men (6:9-10)
7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8. For he that soweth…
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We last saw Paul on the boat out of Caesarea, heading for Tarsus, and home. His point is made. His apostleship was not a human appointment, and his gospel did not come from human teachers. Rather, he had been called by God, he had been appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ, and he had been given his go…
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As you would remember, Paul has been laying out the case for his apostleship and his gospel. As he demonstrated in the first chapter of Galatians, his apostleship was not a human appointment, and his gospel did not come from human teachers. Rather, he had been called by God, he had been appointed by…
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