Galatians“If righteousness comes

through the law, then Christdied for nothing”

By Timothy SparksTimothySparks.com

Galatia

Background● Controversy: North or South Galatia?

– Paul's evangelism in South Galatia● 1st tour: Evangelism (13:4-14:26)

– Pisidian Antioch (13:14-50)– Iconium (13:51-14:5)– Lystra (14:6-20)– Derbe (14:20-21)– Lystra, Iconium and Antioch (14:21-23)– Exited Pisidia (South Galatia) to Pamphylia(14:24)

Background● North or South Galatia?

– Easiest to understand Paul's letter to theGalatians based on his return to the samearea (South Galatia)

● 2nd tour: Edification (Acts 15:36-18:23a) –Syria and Cilicia (15:40-41)–Derbe and Lystra (16:1-5)

● Starting at Lystra, easy to understandSouth Galatia, not North Galatia

–Phrygian and Galatian region (16:6)

Key Words & Phrases● Law (33 times)

– 2:16, 19, 21; 3:2*, 5, 10-13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23-24; 4:4-5, 21; 5:3-4, 14, 18, 23; 6:2, 13

● Lit. “hearing of faithfulness”; “obedient ear offaith” (Jubilee Bible)

● Faith/belief/believe/faithful(ness) (27 times)– 1:23; 2:7 (entrusted), 20; 3:6-9, 14, 22, 25-26;

5:6, 22 (pistis); 6:10● Righteousness/righteous/justified (13 times)

– 2:17; 3:6, 8; 5:5

Verses to Remember● 1:10

● 2:6, 11, 13, 19-21

● 3:13-14, 16, 19, 24-29– (27): Mt. 28:19; Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:3-4; 1 Cor. 1:13;

12:13/ Rom. 13:14; Eph. 4:22-25; Col. 3:8-12

● 4:4-5, 9, 25– (4): Gal. 3:13; Ps. 40:8; Heb. 10:7, 9; 12:2

● 5:1 (1 Cor. 16:13; Phil. 1:27; 4:1; 1 Thess. 3:8), 4,6, 9, 13-15, 22-24

● 6:2, 5, 7-10, 14-17

Memory Verse Review(John—2 Corinthians)

● Jn. 20:30-31—“And truly...”● Acts 4:12● Rom. 11:33● 1 Cor. 1:10● 2 Cor. 8:9

Memory Verse for Galatians

2:21

“I do not set aside the grace of God; for ifrighteousness comes through the law, then

Christ died for nothing”