Galatians.
Justification by faith alone — and the freedom of the Christian from the works of the law.
Who wrote Galatians?
Paul.
Who was it written for?
The Galatian churches Paul founded, now being pulled toward circumcision and Torah observance.
Structure
- Paul's gospel and authority (1–2)
- Faith, not law (3–4)
- The freedom of the Christian (5–6)
Key verses
Why Galatians matters
Galatians is the letter Luther loved and the lens through which the Reformation read justification. The argument is sharp: if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing (2:21). The book contains both the famous "neither Jew nor Greek" passage (3:28) and the fruit of the Spirit (5:22–23). Together they sketch what life under grace actually looks like.
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