Galatians section headings (mostly from Lightfoot) Flashcards
Galatians 1:1-2:21
A. Personal, chiefly in the form of a narrative
Galatians 1:1-5
A1. The salutation and ascription of praise so worded as to introduce the main subject of the letter
Galatians 1:6-10
A2. The subject and occasion of the Epistle
Galatians 1:6
A2a. The Apostle rebukes the Galatians for their apostasy
Galatians 1:7
A2b. The Apostle denounces the false teachers
Galatians 1:8-10
A2c. The Apostle declares the eternal truth of the Gospel which he preached
Galatians 1:11-2:21
A3. This Gospel came directly from God
Galatians 1:11-12
A3a. He received it by special revelation
Galatians 1:13-14
A3b. His previous education indeed could not have led up to it, for he was brought up in principles directly opposed to the liberty of the Gospel
Galatians 1:15-17
A3c. Nor could he have learnt it from the Apostles of the Circumcision, for he kept aloof from them for some time after his conversion
Galatians 1:18-20
A3d. And when at last he visited Jerusalem, his intercourse with them was neither close nor protracted
Galatians 1:21-24
A3e. He returned without being known even by sight to the mass of the believers
Galatians 2:1-5
A3f. He visited Jerusalem again, it is true, after a lapse of years, but he carefully maintained his independence
Galatians 2:6-10
A3g. He associated with the Apostles on terms of friendly equality. He owed nothing to them
Galatians 2:11-15
A3h. Nay more : at Antioch he rebuked Peter for his inconsistency in yielding to pressure from the ritualists
Galatians 2:16-21
A3i. Peter was substituting law for grace, and so denying the fundamental principle of the Gospel
Galatians 3:1-4:31
B. Doctrinal, mostly argumentative
Galatians 3:1-5
B1. The Galatian folly
Galatians 3:1
B1a. The Galatians are stultifying themselves
Galatians 3:2-4
B1b. The Galatians are substituting the flesh for the Spirit, the works of the law for the obedience of faith, forgetting the experience of the past
Galatians 3:5
B1c. The Galatians are violating the order of progress