Category: A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 6
What does Galatians Chapter 6 mean? Galatians 6 expands on Paul’s teaching about living in God’s Spirit, which he gave at the end of Galatians chapter 5. It describes how Christians who live in God’s Spirit should use His power to treat each other. To begin with, Paul shows that when…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 5
What does Galatians Chapter 5 mean? Paul’s letter to the Galatians can be divided into three parts. Chapters 1—2 focus on Paul’s biography, including his qualifications to represent Christ as an apostle. The end of chapter 2, through chapter 4, deals mainly with theology, explaining that justification comes by faith…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 4
What does Galatians Chapter 4 mean? In Galatians 4, Paul continues teaching an important lesson to the Galatian Christians. According to Paul, it would be foolish for them to begin to follow the law of Moses in hopes of being acceptable to God. In this passage, he takes three additional approaches.…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 3
What does Galatians Chapter 3 mean? In Galatians 3, Paul continues to make the case that faith in Christ is all that is required to be justified—”made righteous”—in God’s eyes. Paul also continues to write with great urgency. This matters deeply to him. The Galatian Christians had believed in Jesus and…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 2
What does Galatians Chapter 2 mean? Galatians 2 begins with a crucial meeting between Paul and the other apostles in Jerusalem. It ends with a magnificent description of being justified before God through faith in Christ. The prior chapter ended as Paul was explaining his conversion and subsequent study, leading him…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 1
What does Galatians Chapter 1 mean? Galatians begins more abruptly than most of Paul’s other letters in the New Testament. Rather than giving an extended prologue, Paul launches immediately into his reasons for writing. This letter is directed to believers in the region of Galatia, also known as Asia Minor.…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of Galatians, (ESV) with Irv Risch
Survey of Galatians Book Type: The New Testament’s fourth Pauline Epistle; the ninth book of the New Testament; the forty-eighth book of the Bible. Author: Paul, directly stated in Galatians 1:1. Audience: Paul wrote to the churches in southern Galatia, which consisted of both Jewish and Gentile believers. He wrote strong words to defend…
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