Galatians section headings (mostly from Lightfoot) Flashcards

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Galatians 1:1-2:21

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A. Personal, chiefly in the form of a narrative

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Galatians 1:1-5

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A1. The salutation and ascription of praise so worded as to introduce the main subject of the letter

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Galatians 1:6-10

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A2. The subject and occasion of the Epistle

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Galatians 1:6

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A2a. The Apostle rebukes the Galatians for their apostasy

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Galatians 1:7

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A2b. The Apostle denounces the false teachers

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Galatians 1:8-10

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A2c. The Apostle declares the eternal truth of the Gospel which he preached

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Galatians 1:11-2:21

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A3. This Gospel came directly from God

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Galatians 1:11-12

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A3a. He received it by special revelation

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Galatians 1:13-14

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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

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Galatians 1:15-17

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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

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Galatians 1:18-20

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A3d. And when at last he visited Jerusalem, his intercourse with them was neither close nor protracted

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Galatians 1:21-24

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A3e. He returned without being known even by sight to the mass of the believers

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Galatians 2:1-5

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A3f. He visited Jerusalem again, it is true, after a lapse of years, but he carefully maintained his independence

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Galatians 2:6-10

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A3g. He associated with the Apostles on terms of friendly equality. He owed nothing to them

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Galatians 2:11-15

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A3h. Nay more : at Antioch he rebuked Peter for his inconsistency in yielding to pressure from the ritualists

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Galatians 2:16-21

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A3i. Peter was substituting law for grace, and so denying the fundamental principle of the Gospel

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Galatians 3:1-4:31

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B. Doctrinal, mostly argumentative

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Galatians 3:1-5

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B1. The Galatian folly

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Galatians 3:1

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B1a. The Galatians are stultifying themselves

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Galatians 3:2-4

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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

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Galatians 3:5

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B1c. The Galatians are violating the order of progress

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Galatians 3:6-9

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B2. Yet Abraham was justified by faith, and so must it be with the true children of Abraham

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Galatians 3:10-14

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B3. The law, on the contrary, so far from justifying, did but condemn, and from this condemnation Christ rescued us

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Galatians 3:15-18

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B4. Thus He fulfilled the promise given to Abraham, which being prior to the law could not be annulled by it

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Galatians 3:19-4:11

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B5. If so, what was the purpose of the law?

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Galatians 3:19-23

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B5a. The law was an inferior dispensation, given as a witness against sin, a badge of a state of bondage, not as contrary to, but as preparing for, the Gospel

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Galatians 3:24-29

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B5b. And so through the law we are educated for the freedom of the Gospel

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Galatians 4:1-7

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B5c. Thus under the law we were in our nonage, but now we are our own masters

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Galatians 4:8-11

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B5d. Yet to this state of tutelage the Galatians are bent on returning

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Galatians 4:12-20

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At this point the argument is broken off, while the Apostle reverts to his personal relations with his converts, and reprobates the conduct of the false teachers

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Galatians 4:21-31

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B6. The law indeed bears witness against itself. The relation of the two covenants of law and of grace, with the triumph of the latter, are typified by the history of Hagar and Sarah. The son of the bondwoman must give place to the son of the free

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Galatians 5:1-6:10

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C. Hortatory. Practical applications

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Galatians 5:1-12

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C1. Hold fast by this freedom which your false teachers are endangering

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Galatians 5:1

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C1a. Stand fast in the liberty of the Gospel

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Galatians 5:2-6

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C1b. Do not be circumcised

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Galatians 5:7-12

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C1c. Pay no heed to the hinderers and troublers

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Galatians 5:13-6:10

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C2. The ethical application

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Galatians 5:13

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C2a. But do not let the liberty of the Gospel degenerate into licence

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Galatians 5:14-15

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C2b. Love is the fulfilment of the law

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Galatians 5:16-17

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C2c. Walk in the Spirit, and the Spirit will save you from licentiousness

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Galatians 5:18

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C2d. The Spirit will save you from formalism

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Galatians 5:19-21

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C2e. The works of the flesh

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Galatians 5:22-23

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C2f. The works of the Spirit, easily distinguished from the works of the flesh

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Galatians 5:24-26

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C2g. Christ’s spirit and human flesh

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Galatians 6:1-10

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C2h. Let me add two special injunctions

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Galatians 6:1-5

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C2h(i). Show forbearance and brotherly sympathy

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Galatians 6:6-10

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C2h(ii). Give liberally

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Galatians 6:11-18

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D. Conclusion

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Galatians 6:11

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D1. The Apostle’s own handwriting

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Galatians 6:12-13

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D2. Once more: beware of the Judaizers, for they are insincere

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Galatians 6:14-16

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D3. I declare to you the true principles of the Gospel. Peace be to those who so walk

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Galatians 6:17

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D4. Let no man deny my authority, for I bear the brand of Jesus my Master

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Galatians 6:18

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D5. Farewell in Christ