Epistle with Gallates

The Épître with the Galates is a book of the New Testament.

It is sent by the apostle Paul to the Churches of Galatie about year 49 of our era, that is to say less than twenty years after the Passion of Christ.

Topic

This epistle states the “fruits of the spirit” to knowing qualities (called theological Virtues) that the Christian is able to develop when it received the Holy Spirit (Gallates 5:22). It registers also the Christian life like a freedom lived in the love. The topic of this letter is that one can find true freedom only by living the Gospel of Jesus-Christ. If " saints" (either the Christians disciples of Paul) the lesson of the Judeo-Christians adopted who made a point of observing the law of Brace (to be started with the circumcision), they would limit or destroy the freedom which they had found in Christ. In the epistle, Paul is defined as apostle, explaining the doctrines of the justification by the faith and affirms the value of a spiritual religion.

Saint Paul affirms in this text its conviction that the " justification" from the Man with respect to God cannot come from his works but from its faith as a Jesus-Christ ressuscity. He will at greater length develop this topic in the Épître with the Romans.

Summary

In chapters 1 and 2, it expresses its regret to learn that it there has apostasy among Gallates and clarifies its place among the apostles. Chapters 3 and 4 comment on the doctrines of the faith and works. Chapters 5 and 6 contain a sermon on the practical results of the doctrines of the faith.

External bonds

'' Commentaire of the epistle to Gallates '', Martin Luther, site Gallica

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