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The Letter to the Galatians (8191 words) |
 | The term "Galatian" (Galatikê) is an adjective modifying the noun "region" (chôra), whereas "Phrygia" (Phrugia) is a noun; the second article "the" (hê) is omitted to signify the unity of the region denoted by the phrase. |
| The time of the composition of the Letter to the Galatians relative to Paul's apostolic career has already been determined in the answering the question of the intended readership: it was written between the first missionary journey and the council of Jerusalem. |
| With his letter, Paul hopes to repair the damage to his relationship with the Galatians by explaining that it is not to their benefit to receive these interlopers and reject him. |
| Epistle to the Galatians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1276 words) |
| It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. |
| This to the Galatians is written on the urgency of the occasion, tidings having reached him of the state of matters; and that to the Romans in a more deliberate and systematic way, in exposition of the same fundamental doctrines of the gospel. |
| From the time when letters began to be forged in his name (2 Thess 2:2; 3:17) it seems to have been his practice to close with a few words in his own handwriting, as a precaution against such forgeries... |
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