Keith Essex
Galatians

Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:

• Lecture 22: Themes, Purpose, Structure and Interpretive Issues of Galatians; and
• Lecture 23: Interpretive Issues of Galatians.

11. Galatians [MSB, 1755-56; ESVSB, 2241-44; NIVZSB, 2380-82; RSB, 2068-73; RFW, 151-54; DPL, 323-34; BTINT, 249-65]
    1. Introduction [CCC, 481-94; CMINT, 457-73; BNTH, 268-90]
       1. The History of Interpretation [DTIB, 238-41; ACCSNT, vol. VIII; RCSNT]
       2. The Galatian Churches: Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe (see Acts 13:14-14:23; 16:1-5)
       3. The Galatian Controversy (Gal 1:6-9; 2:3-5, 11-12; 4:17; 5:2-12; 6:12-15; see Acts 15:1-5)
    2. Major Themes [CCC, 501-4; CMINT, 473-75]
       1. Circumcision (Gal 2:3, 7, 8, 9, 12; 5:2, 3, 6, 11; 6:12, 13, 15)
          / Uncircumcision (Gal 2:7; 5:6; 6:15) [DPL, 137-39]
       2. The Gospel (noun Gal 1:6, 7, 11; 2:2, 5, 7, 14; verb Gal 1:8, 9, 11, 16, 23; 4:13)
       3. The Cross (Gal 5:11; 6:12, 14)
          / Crucify (Gal 2:20; 3:1; 5:24; 6:14) [DPL, 192-99]
       4. Law (31x – Gal 2:16, 19, 21; 3:2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24; 4:4, 5, 21; 5:3, 4, 14, 18, 23; 6:2, 13)
          / Work (noun Gal 2:16; 3:2, 5, 10; 5:19; 6:4; verb Gal 6:10);
          Faith (26x – noun Gal 1:23; 2:16, 20; 3:2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26; 5:5, 6, 22; 6:10; verb Gal 2:7, 16; 3:6, 22)
          / Hearing (noun Gal 3:2, 5; verb Gal 1:13, 23; 4:21)
       5. Flesh (18x – Gal 1:16; 2:16, 20; 3:3; 4:13, 14, 23, 29; 5:13, 16, 17, 19, 24; 6:8, 12, 13);
          Spirit (15x – Gal 3:2, 3, 5, 14; 4:6, 29; 5:5, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25; 6:1, 8, 18)
       6. Justify (Gal 2:16, 17; 3:8, 11, 24; 5:4);
          Righteousness (Gal 2:21; 3:6, 21; 5:5)
       7. Grace (Gal 1:3, 6, 15; 2:9, 21; 5:4; 6:18) [DPL, 372-4]
       8. The Attacks against Paul
          1. Paul was not an original apostle
          2. Paul's Gospel was not the complete gospel
          3. Paul's Gospel led to loose living
    3. Purpose: Paul declared and defended the Gospel of justification by faith in Christ alone and defined the implications of the Gospel for the Galatian believers [see CCC, 495-96]
    4. The Literary Structure: see outline [CCC, 496-501; CMINT, 456-57; VOCNT, 48]
       GALATIANS

       1. The Prologue (Gal 1:1-10)
          1. The Salutation (Gal 1:1-5)
          2. The Amazement: The Galatians' Were in the Process of Deserting Paul for Another Gospel (Gal 1:6-10)
       2. The Body: Paul's Defense of and Explanation of His Gospel (Gal 1:11-Gal 6:10)
          1. The Vindication of Paul's Ministry and Gospel (Gal 1:11-Gal 2:21)
             1. The Origination of Paul's Gospel (Gal 1:11-24)
                1. The Source of Paul's Gospel (Gal 1:11-12)
                2. The Substaniations of Paul's Gospel (Gal 1:13-24)
                   1. From Paul's Pre-conversion Life (Gal 1:13-14)
                   2. From Paul's Conversion (Gal 1:15-17)
                   3. From Paul's Jerusalem Visit (Gal 1:18-20)
                   4. From Paul's Ministry in Syria and Cilicia (Gal 1:21-24)
             2. The Approval of Paul's Gospel by the Jerusalem Apostles (Gal 2:1-10)
             3. The Manifestation of Paul's Authority in His Rebuke of Peter (Gal 2:11-21)
                1. Paul's Confrontation of Peter (Gal 2:11-13)
                2. Paul's Correction of Peter (Gal 2:14-21)
          2. The Explanation of Paul's Gospel (Gal 3:1-Gal 4:11)
             1. The Experience of the Galatians (Gal 3:1-5)
             2. The Example of Abraham (Gal 3:6-9)
             3. The Curse of the Law (Gal 3:10-14)
             4. The Relationship of the Law to the Abrahamic Covenant (Gal 3:15-Gal 4:11)
          3. The Application of Paul's Gospel (Gal 4:12-Gal 6:10)
             1. The Plea of Paul to the Galatians to not Return to Bondage (Gal 4:12-31)
             2. Paul's Appeal to Stand Firm in Freedom (Gal 5:1)
             3. Freedom through Resistance to Circumcision (Gal 5:2-12)
             4. Freedom through Walking by the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:13-26)
             5. Freedom through Bearing with and Sharing with Others (Gal 6:1-10)
       3. The Epilogue (Gal 6:11-18)
          1. The Character of Paul's Lettering (Gal 6:11)
          2. The Contrast between Paul and the 'Circumcisers' (Gal 6:12-17)
          3. Paul's Benediction of Christ's Grace (Gal 6:18)
    5. Bibliography
       1. Exegetical:
          • Longenecker, Galatians (WBC).
          • *Moo, Galatians (BECNT).
          • *Schreiner, Galatians (ZECNT).
       2. English Interpretation:
          • Fung, The Epistle to the Galatians (NICNT).
          • George, Galatians (NAC).
       3. Expositional:
          • MacArthur, Galatians (MacNTC).
    6. Selected Interpretive Issues
       1. The Recipients of the Letter [MSB, 1757; ESVSB, 2243; GNTI, 465-74, 482-83; CBCNT, 136-39]
          1. South Galatians
             1. AD 48/49 [Longenecker; Moo; Schreiner (?); Fung; George; EBC2; BKC]
             2. AD 50-57 [MacArthur; EBC1]
          2. North Galatians in AD 54-57
       2. The Structure of the Body of Galatians [CCC, 496-98]
       3. The Identity of Paul's Opponents [MSB, 1755; ESVSB, 2245, 2248; GNTI, 483-85]
          1. Judaizers [Moo; Schreiner; Fung; George (?); MacArthur; EBC; BKC; see DPL, 512-16]
          2. Judaizers and Antinomians [Longenecker]
          3. Gnostic / Syncretistic Jews
       4. The Meeting of Gal 2:1-10 [MSB, 1759; ESVSB, 2246-47; RSB, 2075-76; GNTI, 474-81]
          1. The Jerusalem Council (cf. Acts 15:6-29) [MacArthur; EBC1]
          2. The Famine Visit (cf. Acts 11:27-30; 12:25) [Longenecker; Moo; Schreiner; Fung; George; EBC2; BKC]
          3. The Visit of Barnabas' Intervention (cf. Acts 9:26)
          4. An Unrecorded (in Acts) Visit
       5. "Fallen from grace" (Gal 5:4) [MSB, 1766; ESVSB, 2253; NIVZSB, 2391; RSB, 2082]
          1. Loss of Salvation
          2. Never Saved [MacArthur]
          3. Lose Standing in Grace / Fall into Legalism [Moo; Schreiner; Fung; George; EBC1&2; BKC]
       6. "I am writing" (Gal 6:11) [MSB, 1769; ESVSB, 2255-56; NIVZSB, 2393; RSB, 2084]
          1. The Entire Letter [MacArthur]
          2. The Postscript (cf. epistolary aorist in 1 Cor 9:15; Phm 1:19, 21; "own hand" in 1 Cor 16:21; Col 4:18; 2 Thes 3:17) [Longenecker; Moo; Schreiner; Fung; George; EBC1&2; BKC]
       7. "The Israel of God" (Gal 6:16) [MSB, 1769; ESVSB, 2256; NIVZSB, 2393; RSB, 2084; see DPL, 441-46; MSJ 20:1 (Spring, 2009): 41-55]
          1. The Church [Moo; Schreiner; Fung (?); EBC1]
          2. Jewish Christians [MacArthur; BKC]
          3. Eschatological Israel [George; EBC2]
          4. The Judaizers [Longenecker]
    7. Preaching Galatians

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