OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Greetings (1-5)

• No other good news (6-9)

• Good news preached by Paul comes from God (10-12)

• Paul’s conversion and early activity (13-24)

2

• Paul meets with the apostles in Jerusalem (1-10)

• Paul corrects Peter (Cephas) (11-14)

• Declared righteous only through faith (15-21)

3

• Works of Law versus faith (1-14)

  • Righteous will live by faith (11)

• Abrahamic promise not by Law (15-18)

  • Abraham’s offspring, Christ (16)

• Origin and purpose of the Law (19-25)

• Sons of God through faith (26-29)

  • Abraham’s offspring, those belonging to Christ (29)

4

• No longer slaves, but sons (1-7)

• Paul’s concern for the Galatians (8-20)

• Hagar and Sarah: two covenants (21-31)

  • Jerusalem above, our mother, is free (26)

5

• Christian freedom (1-15)

• Walking by spirit (16-26)

  • Works of the flesh (19-21)

  • Fruitage of the spirit (22, 23)

6

• Carry one another’s burdens (1-10)

  • What is sown is reaped (7, 8)

• Circumcision of no value (11-16)

  • A new creation (15)

• Conclusion (17, 18)