Being able to understand the Bible in its original context is very important since it is
God’s word and in order to understand it in that since then one has to study the passage in its original meaning. This means that one should understand the the culture and the context of when and who the letter was written to. After completing an exegesis of Galatians 3:15-29 then one can see that the purpose of this passage is to show that the Law is not needed in order to live a life as Christians. This is crucial to understand because we do not need to follow the Law to fulfill the requirements of being saved.
In order to understand the passage better then one has to understand was genre. In the genre analysis one can observe that Paul follows the format of a letter as he is writing this one. He starts with the introduction which contains the greeting, author, thesis and prayer then he move straight into the body which in
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The Galatians worshiping idol, comiting fonacation, staying away from strangled and blood. Such as it says in Acts 15:20, “but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornicationand from what is strangled and from blood.” They were not living Holy lives such as Paul was striving for them to so he wrote this letter.
The book of Galatians is agurudaby dated very early because Paul does not appeal to the Jerusalem Council from Acts 15 (The IVP Bible, 523). Yet since Paul mentioned taking Titus to Jerusalem in Galatians 2:1, “Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also (New International Version).” then it is most likely after Paul finished his first missionary journey. This suggests that Galatian may have been written around the latter half of the fifties.
Paul addresses how the Churches in Galatia has fallen away from the truth. Galatians
The DTIB says that exegesis should focus on historical context in the grammatical relations to determine what the text meant when it was originally written (p. 203). This is really hard given some of the topics covered in the Old Testament. For me as a pastor I always look for the application of the scripture when reading a scriptural text. I pay close attention to the scripture so that I do not force things out of the scripture that are not present. It is hard to completely understand the view of the author when we have limited understanding of that culture. I tried to find as many things as I can about the culture that is related to the scriptural text, which I 'm studying. This way I have a marginal understanding of what the culture was like for the author and his
... While the corpse represents each of these concepts, in the end it is Paul’s faith – his own luck – that saves his life once again. What, upon first glance, appears to be a hectic and confused account of a destructive shelling becomes a wonderfully connected verse of one soldier’s struggle to preserve himself against all odds. What more can be said about Paul?
Paul the Apostle is the central figure in many New Testament writings. Many historians have attributed fourteen New Testament letters to Paul’s writing; seven of these letters are uncontested meaning historians are sure that Paul wrote them, the remaining seven are contested. Paul was not always a Christian; in fact, he persecuted Christians before Christ came and temporarily blinded him. Upon seeing Christ, Paul devoted his life to Christianity and set out to spread the teachings of Christ. Scholars often credit Paul’s leadership to the ability of the Church to become Hellenistic in one generation. Paul also answered specific worries and questions that his converters may have had in many of his writings; one of these writings is 1 Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians, Paul set out to deal with the many believers in Corinth who are divided into the followings of Paul or Apollos rather than Christianity as a whole. The converts of Paul in 1 Corinthians 12-14 were divided during times of worship because of jealousy invoked by the spiritual gifts received from the “Spirit”; the worships and the church became a place to boast who is closest to God, instead of a place of worship, interpretation, and love. In 1 Corinthians 14:26-33, Paul set guidelines in times of worship to heal the divide among his converts present in 1 Corinthians 12-14.
E: Because they will love their neighbor and because they know that if they know if they take too much from one person, then another person might do the same to them (Galatians 5:14-16). In my understanding of the Pauline letter to the Galatians, as Christians, we should not follow the Jewish law because Jesus has replaced the teachings. And, whoever wants to be in the right standing before God should measure themselves through the teachings of Jesus, and not the Jewish Law.
Where, when, why, and by whom Galatians was written as well as the issue, of Paul's authority, addressed by him in his letter and the primary themes are all important in order to understand this book. "The Letter of Paul to the Galatians" is the ninth book of the New Testament in the Bible. It is one of the ten Pauline books, and there are three more books that are possibly Pauline. Galatians is one the Pauline letters that has little debate of authorship attributing it to Paul. "In the long period of critical studies in the New Testament there have been very few who have questioned the Pauline authorship of this epistle" (Guthrie, 1).
Paul’s response was concerning ecclesiastical and doctrinal controversies. These Jewish-Christians were teaching false doctrine to the Gentile members. They taught that to be saved one must be circumcised and observe the ritual requirements of the law. Paul believed a Gentile did not need to go through the ritual requirements of the law, Gentiles were welcomed into the church through baptism professing faith in Jesus the Christ. In Acts 15:24-29 the Apostles and elders of the church did call the Gentiles to live within the moral teachings of the law, most specifically to avoid idolatry and sexual sin and counseled them on kosher restrictions when eating with others who were Jewish so as not to offend and complicate ministry amongst the Jewish communities. The account in Acts actually attest to the controversies of Gentile reception in the church and what their obligation to the law would be. This is the problem Paul is trying to rectify in
As we look at the scripture sometime its hard to understand and digest what the passage is saying too us. Paul approach the passages logically by connecting the indicative and the imperatives. Understanding God’s word commands indicative while obeying God’s word is imperative.
The purpose of this speech was to persuade the audience to read letters from the apostle Paul carefully and to avoid taking verses out of context; instead, allow the context to dictate the intended purpose of the passage. The speaker stated his purpose and continued to elaborate throughout.
Harris, Stephen. Understanding The Bible. 6 ed. New York City: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2002. Print.
The letter was thought to been written before A.D. 80 if not around that time then A.D. 70. Paul mentioned multiple times about being his imprisonment at the time he wrote this letter (mentions he is in chains in Eph. 6:20). Paul’s imprisonment made it even harder for him to disciple and build up the churches he was invested in. While in prison, letters became his only way to minister to the churches he needed to teach.
From the outset of the story, the reader is shown Paul's thoughts. Through this the story tells us that Paul has a very active imagination. This is shown when Pauls says, "Then,
Jesus and Paul are two crucial characters in the New Testament. They both depict the Gospel on which Christianity is based upon, but there is debate about rather these two versions of the Gospel are complementary. Scholars like George Shaw claim that Paul is “anti-Christian,” and he “produced a fantastic theology” (Shaw 415-416). On the other hand, I believe that even though Jesus and Paul may present the Gospel different at times, they are still advocating the same religion. Through the understanding of the Gospels and Paul’s letters it is clear that Jesus and Paul have the same underlining goals and values.
Authority of Scripture reconciles the community with God and can transform our lives. To participate in the fuller blessing of understanding, it is important to view Scripture with historical and literary sensitivity, interpret theocentrically, ecclesially, and contextually. I realize each of these can be overwhelming to the average person who is seeking direction for a specific concern in their life. Therefore, Migliore reminds us, interpreting Scripture is practical engagement in the living of Christian faith, love, and hope in a still redeemed world. When we listen carefully to the voices of the past, from a worldwide culture, and guided by the Holy Spirit, we will open ourselves to those transformational opportunities.
The Bible Student will have more knowledge of how to interpret God’s Word when finished with the work. Fee and Stuart achieve their goal of helping the reader not only with interpretation, but with application.
Paul summarizes all this preaching in seventeen stanzas by referring to the "Spirit" and the "Flesh." We are first introduced by Paul of these topics/words in his letter to the Galatians. Paul contrasts the two ways of living in a community in chapter five of Galatians. "Spirit" is the caring of others and builds interpersonal relationships within a community. The "Flesh" is a self centeredness and a natural way to live of only caring for oneself. The "works of the flesh" will break apart a community.