Read Galatians 1.1-12. In verses 1-5: Greeting. Paul's strong denial of human origin of his apostleship (1.11-12) is a hint of the controversy that drives this letter. In verse 4: Gave himself: Christ's death is understood as a sin offering for others (Eph 5.2; Lev 4-5). In verse 6-12: Paul defends his gospel. Paul omits his normal prayer of thanksgiving for his readers, showing how angry he is with them (contrast 1 Cor 1.4-9). In verse 6-7: Different gospel refers to the views Paul opposes in the letter, mainly, that God requires gentile Christians to observe the Mosaic law (4.21; 5.2-4). In verses 8-9: The use of the double curse is especially emphatic (1 Cor 16.22). In verse 10: The perspective of Paul's critic's. In verses 11-12: Human origin renders "kata anthropon," literally "according to man," thus human. Revelation of Jesus Christ: Paul's understanding of the gospel occurred through a revelation whose content was Jesus Christ (v. 16).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment