PAUL'S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS

AN OUTLINE

1. Introduction (1:1-10)
   
   1. Salutation (1:1-5)
      
   2. The occasion of the letter (1:6-10)
   
   
2. Paul's Gospel (1:11-2:21)
   
   1. Is of divine origin (1:11-17)
      
   2. Not received from the apostles (1:18-24)
      
   3. Accepted by the church (2:1-10)
      
   4. Applied in the conflict with Peter (2:11-21)
   
   
3. Paul's doctrine of Justification (3:1--4:31)
   
   1. Doctrinal Issue: Faith or Works (3:1-5)
      
   2. The Blessing of the Faith of Abraham (3:6-9)
      
   3. The Curse of the Works of the Law (3:10-14)
      
   4. The Promise of the Abrahamic covenant (3:15-18)
      
   5. The function of the law (3:19-22)
      
   6. Sonship versus slavery (3:23--4:7)
      
      1. The position of a son (3:23-29)
         
      2. The meaning of sonship (4:1-10)
      
      
   7. Appeal against a return to bondage (4:8-31)
      
      1. Personal appeal (4:11-20)
         
      2. Allegory of Hagar (4:21-31)
   
   
4. Paul's doctrine of Christian Freedom (5:1--6:10)
   
   1. Christian Freedom threatened by legalism (5:1-12)
      
      1. Declaration of Christian Freedom (5:1)
         
      2. Danger of Circumcision (5:2-12)
      
      
   2. Christian Freedom and love (5:13--6:10)
      
      1. Freedom is not license but love (5:13)
         
      2. Love fulfills the law (5:14-15)
         
      3. Spirit versus the flesh (5:16-25)
         
         1. Spirit and flesh are opposed to each other (5:16-18)
            
         2. Works of the flesh (5:19-21)
            
         3. Fruit of the Spirit (5:22-23)
            
         4. Christ's have crucified the flesh (5:24)
            
         5. Exhortation to walk in the Spirit (5:25)
         
         
      4. Practical life of love (5:26--6:10)
   
   
5. Conclusion: Postscript in Paul's hand (6:11-18)
   
   1. Circumcision and the Cross (6:11-17)
      
   2. Benediction (6:18)