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Excerpt from A Commentary on the New Testament, Vol. 6: From the Epistle to the Galatians to the Epistle of Jude
Galatia was a province in Asia Minor. See note on Acts xvi. 6. It does not distinctly appear when and by whom the gospel was first preached in that province; but from the lan guage in ch. I. 8 and iv. 13, it may be inferred that Paul was one of the first, if not absolutely the first, who called the Galatians into the grace of Christ. Here, however, as in other places, he was followed by Judaizing teachers, who insisted that Christian converts were bound to obey the ritual law of Moses. Against such, Paul obtained judgment, after full argument before the council of apostles at Jerusalem. Acts xv. 1 - 29. To correct themischief occasioned by such false teaching was the principal object of this epistle. When or where it was written is not definitely known. The subscription, that it was written from Rome, is regarded as destitute of authority.
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