c This area was the true Galatia, in race and language d There were more Gentiles in the northern cities, hence the problem referred to in Galatians would more likely exist there e The early church Fathers understood the term “Galatia” to mean the northern region “Churches of Galatia” were churches in the southern regions a This is “provincial” Galatia, with the term used in an official sense b The churches were founded on Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13-14) c We know of no churches existing at this early date in the northern parts of Galatia d Barnabas, who accompanied Paul on the rst journey but not on the second, is mentioned more than once in Galatians 2, as if he were well known to the readers (2:1, 9, 13) e The letter was written before the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), and therefore before the second missionary journey; otherwise Paul would surely have referred to the Council’s decree favoring Gentile Christian freedom from the Mosaic law, which is the main problem being addressed in Galatians f This is the view generally held today IX OUTLINE X SELECTED READING GENERAL INTRODUCTION Harrison, Everett F “The Epistle to the Galatians.” In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, pp 1283-85 Hendriksen, William, Exposition of Galatians In his New Testament Commentary series, pp 3-25 Ross, Alexander ‘The Epistle to the Galatians.” In The New Bible Commentary, pp 1089-92 COMMENTARIES Cole, R A The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians Lightfoot, J B The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians Luther, Martin A Commentary on St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians OTHER RELATED SOURCES Goodwin, Frank J A Harmony of the Life of St Paul Stalker, James The Life of St Paul Tenney, Merrill C Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty The date of writing Galatians is an unsettled question, as is noted later in the chapter This book follows the position of the early writing If these two letters were the rst two books to be written, it is interesting to observe that this balance was the rst message to the early church In Corinthians 1:1 Paul addresses the ... Epistle to the Galatians OTHER RELATED SOURCES Goodwin, Frank J A Harmony of the Life of St Paul Stalker, James The Life of St Paul Tenney, Merrill C Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty The. .. to the Galatians.” In The New Bible Commentary, pp 1089-92 COMMENTARIES Cole, R A The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians Lightfoot, J B The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians Luther, Martin A Commentary... to the readers (2:1, 9, 13) e The letter was written before the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), and therefore before the second missionary journey; otherwise Paul would surely have referred to the