Often when conducting individual or group studies on a book of the Bible, we feel compelled to use the chapter breaks as a foolproof guide to where each lesson should start and stop. But since these chapter divisions were not even devised until the Middle Ages, that is not really necessary. And, in fact, these breaks are often quite misleading. So the divisions shown below are an attempt to better capture the complete thoughts present in the Letter to the Galatians without sticking to those somewhat artificial dividers.
Lesson Subject Verses
1 Structure and Themes
2 Introductory Theology 1:1-5
3 Gospel from Heaven 1:6-17
4 Gospel Glorified 1:18-24
5 Gospel Confirmed 2:1-10
6 Gospel Challenged 2:11-21
7 Faith vs. Law 3:1-14
8 The Place of the Law 3:15-4:7
9 Back to Bondage 4:8-21
10 Slave vs. Free 4:22-5:1
11 Circumcision 5:2-12
12 Love Your Neighbor 5:13-15; 6:1-10
13 Spiritual Walk 5:16-26
14 Sharing the Lord 6:1-10
15 Conclusion 6:11-18
One way to approach these lessons is to look at each of them from the viewpoint of Paul, the Galatians, and the Judaizers.
As possible aids to your study, the following posts on this blog may be of help, and may suggest other ways in which you may wish to divide up your study:
Lesson Post
all The Old Testament in Galatians
1 Galatians: Introduction
Galatians: Introduction to the Literary Structure
2-3 Galatians 1:1-10
3-4 Galatians 1:11-24
5 Galatians 2:1-10
6 The Book of James: Faith and Works
Galatians 2:11-21
10 Galatians 4:21-5:1
14 Who Bears the Guilt? (Galatians 6:2,5)
Galatians 6:2
Galatians 6:1-10
15 Galatians: Discussion Questions
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