A verse-by-verse study of Galations 5:8-15.

The young and naive Christians in the Galatian churches were being persuaded by outsiders to return to the legalism of Judiasm. In this passage, Paul explains to the Galatians where this legalism came from, what it was doing to their churches, and where it would lead in the end.

He then talks about freedom in Christ and how we can use our freedom as an opportunity to benefit the people around us.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galatians 5:1-7.

Paul appeals to the Christians in Galatia to live out the freedom of the gospel both in their witness to the world and their relationships with one another.

Our text, the first seven verses of chapter 5, introduces his theme, freedom in Christ, and how that freedom is different from the kind of freedom most of us are looking for!

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 4:21-31.

Paul uses a complex allegory involving Sarah versus Hagar, Isaac versus Ishmael, the Mosaic Covenant versus the Abrahamic Covenant, and the “old Jerusalem” versus the “new Jerusalem” to explain that salvation comes through faith in Christ and transcends ethnicity, social status, and gender.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 4:12-20.

Paul’s love and concern for the Galatians prompts him to warn them they are in danger of abandoning the gospel of grace for an unholy amalgamation of faith in Jesus and obedience to the Mosaic law.

In this passage, Paul makes a personal appeal to the struggling congregations, recalling the way he had taught and served while planting the churches in Galatia.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 4:1-11.

Paul explains how faith in Jesus makes all believers—Jew and Gentile alike—children of Abraham and “heirs according to promise.”

Then he unpacks what it means to be an heir of the Creator and Ruler of the universe.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 3:26-29.

Paul explains how our relationship with Jesus can make us an heir to God’s kingdom and how all who are joined to Jesus share in His inheritance, regardless of ethnicity, social status, or gender.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 3:15-25.

In Galatians 3 Paul proves from Scripture that salvation comes by God’s grace through faith in Jesus and not by keeping the Mosaic Law. But if the Law was not given to us as a roadmap to salvation, what was its purpose? Paul answers that question in three parts. First, he explains why the law was given, then he shows how the Mosaic law does not run contrary to God’s promises to Abraham, and then he explains how the law functioned in God’s plan.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Galations 3:6-14.

Paul offers the example of the patriarch, Abraham to support his claim that justification (right standing with God) comes by faith alone.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!