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Galatians 4:12-31, pt.3
“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married.” Gal. 4:27 quoting Isa. 54:1
Galatians 4:12-31, pt.2
Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong; 13 you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first. Gal. 4:12-13
Galatians 4:12-31, pt.1
Now this is an allegory. Gal. 4:24
Galatians 4:1-11, pt.2
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir. Gal. 4:6-7
Galatians 4:1-11, pt.1
So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. Gal. 4:3
The Spiritual Was More Substantial Than the Material for the Ancients
David Bentley Hart’s discussion of Paul’s distinction between the σῶμα ψυχικόν (psychical body) and the σῶμα πνευματικόν (spiritual body) in 1 Corinthians 15:35-54.
Galatians 3:15-30, pt.2
So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian. Gal. 3:24-25
Galatians 3:15-30, pt.1
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal. 3:28
Galatians 3:1-18, pt.2
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you. Gal. 3:1
Galatians 3:1-18, pt.1
Thus Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham. Gal. 3:6-7
Galatians 2:15-21, pt.2
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Gal. 2:20a
Galatians 2:15-21, pt.1
A man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law. Gal. 2:16