A Historical Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

By W. M. Ramsay

Table of Contents

 

Title Page

Preface

Society and Religion in Central Asia Minor in the Time of St. Paul

Chapter 1. Preliminary

Chapter 2. North Galatia: Land and Peoples

Chapter 3. Pre-Galatic History of North Galatia

Chapter 4. The Pre-Gaulish Inhabitants of Galatia

Chapter 5. The Religion of Asia Minor

Chapter 6. Settlement of the Gauls in Galatia

Chapter 7. The History of Galatia B.C. 232-64

Chapter 8. The North Galatian State

Chapter 9. The Religion of North Galatia

Chapter 10. Galatia as a Roman Client State

Chapter 11. Origin of the Province Galatia

Chapter 12. History of the Province Galatia, B.C. 25 — A.D. 50

Chapter 13. Civilisation of North Galatia under the Roman Empire

Chapter 14. Language and Letters in North Galatia

Chapter 15. The Influence of Christianity in North Galatia

Chapter 16. Later History of the Province Galatia

Chapter 17. The Cities and the Peoples of South Galatia

Chapter 18. The Jews in South Galatia

Chapter 19. Pisidian Antioch

Chapter 20. Iconium

Chapter 21. Lystra

Chapter 22. Derbe

Chapter 23. Summary

Historical Commentary

Section I. The Introductory Address

Section  II. The Epistle Authorised by the Church in Antioch

Section  III. Persons mentioned in the Epistle

Section  IV. Relation of Paul to Barnabas

Section  V. "I Marvel"

Section  VI. "Ye are so quickly Removing"

Section  VII. Cause of the Galatian Movement

Section  VIII. Paul as a Judaistic Preacher, 1:6-10

Section  IX. Another Gospel, 1:6-7

Section  X. " Seeking to please Men," 1:10

Section  XI. Tone of Address to the Galatians

Section  XII. The Gospel which ye Received

Section  XIII. Dates of the Autobiography

Section  XIV. The Province of Syria and Cilicia, 1:21

Section  XV. The Klimata of Syria and Cilicia

Section  XVI. The Visits to Jerusalem, 1:18, 2:1 ff

Section  XVII. The First Visit to Jerusalem, 1:18-20

Section  XVIII. The Second Visit to Jerusalem, 2:1-10

Section  XIX. Limits and Purpose of the Autobiography

Section  XX. St. Peter in Antioch

Section  XXI. Spirit of Chapters 3, 4

Section  XXII. The Address "Galatians," in 3:1

Section  XXIII. Galatia the Province

Section  XXIV. Galatians and Gauls

Section  XXV. St. Paul's Roman Point of View

Section  XXVI. Foolish Galatians

Section  XXVII. The Two Stages, 3:3

Section  XXVIII. The Marvellous Powers, 3:2-5

Section  XXIX. The Teaching of Paul

Section  XXX. The Message to the Galatians

Section  XXXI. Sons of Abraham, 3:6-9

Section  XXXII. Οἱ ἐκ πίστεως

Section  XXXIII. A Man's Will, Diatheke, 3:15-18

Section  XXXIV. The Use of Diatheke in the Pauline Epistles

Section  XXXV. Greek Law in Galatian Cities

Section  XXXVI. The Argument from Seed, 3:16

Section  XXXVII. Function of the Law, 3:19-22

Section  XXXVIII. The Mediator, 3:20

Section  XXXIX. Law the Child-Guardian, 3:23-25

Section  XL. Equality in the Perfect Church, 3:26-30

Section  XLI. The Infant Son and Heir, Gal. 4:1-7

Section  XLII. The Rudiments of the World, Gal. 4:3 and 9

Section  XLIII. He sent forth His Son, Gal. 4:4

Section  XLIV. The Address at Pisidian Antioch

Section  XLV. Paul's Visits to Galatia in Acts

Section  XLVI. Paul's Visits to the Churches of Galatia

Section  XLVII. Cause of the First Galatian Visit

Section  XLVIII. The Thorn in the Flesh

Section  XLIX. Sequence of Thought in 4:12-20

Section  L. The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah,4:21, 5:1

Section  LI. The Conclusion, 5:1

Section  LII. Personal Recapitulation, 5: 2-12

Section  LIII. The Whole Law, 5:2-4

Section  LIV. Freedom and Love, 5:13-15

Section  LV. The Spiritual Life, 5:16-26

Section  LVI. The Faults of the South Galatic Cities

Section  LVII. The Unforgiving Phrygians, 6:1-5

Section  LVIII. Voluntary Liberality to Teachers, 6:6-10

Section  LIX. Was there a Letter from the Galatians?

Section  LX. The Large Letters, 6:11-17

Section  LXI. The Parting Message

Section  LXII. The Concluding Blessing and Denunciation, 6:16-17

Section LXIII. The Stigmata of Jesus, 6:17

Section  LXIV. Result of the Epistle

 

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