About this Series
Most scholars agree that Galatians was written about 50 A.D. and is therefore among the earliest, if not the first, of the New Testament documents. The first Christians were Jewish but as the gospel spreads more and more Christians come from non-Jewish backgrounds. This creates some serious problems for the early church not least of which is do you have to be a Jew first before you can become a Christian? Although this may seem an esoteric issue to us today it raises an absolutely central question for all Christians – what is the gospel? For commentaries on Galatians see http://bestcommentaries.com/galatians. This site gives you reviews and some indication of the academic level of each commentary (ie technical, pastoral, devotional).
Kieran Carr | Galatians 1:10-24
Galatians
Many Christians were not born Christians. They had some sort of experience or growth that led them to faith in Christ. The apostle Paul was not born a Christian either. Far from it! He admits that in his earlier life he "persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it" (Gal 1:13). But then God intervened in his life and revealed the person of Jesus to Paul. After that he was never the same. Today we read the amazing story of how Paul began as a Christian and was called to preach the gospel.
For commentaries on Galatians see http://bestcommentaries.com/galatians. This site gives you reviews and some indication of the academic level of each commentary (ie technical, pastoral, devotional).