Galatians

Greetings and Grace

[Gal 1:3-4 LSB] 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

[Mat 20:28 LSB] 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

[Jhn 10:11 LSB] 11 "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

[Gal 6:14 LSB] 14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Distorting the Gospel

Paul Called by God

[Gal 1:11-12 LSB] 11 For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but [I received it] through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

Paul Opposes Peter (Cephas)

[Gal 2:19-20 LSB] 19 "For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God. 20 "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

[Rom 7:9 LSB] 9 Now I was once alive apart from the Law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;

[Rom 6:4 LSB] 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

[Gal 3:13-14 LSB] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-- 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Promise by Faith

[Gal 3:26-27 LSB] 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

[Rom 6:3-4 LSB] 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

[Isa 61:10 LSB] 10 I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; My soul will rejoice in my God, For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.