GALATIANS: AN OUTLINE OF THE LETTER
| 1:1-10 | Introduction | ||
| 1:1-5 | The salutation | ||
| 1:6-10 | The Galatian apostasy | ||
| 1:11-2:21 | The liberating authority of the gospel | ||
| 1:11-24 | Paul's vindication of his apostleship | ||
| 2:1-10 | Paul's apostleship recognized in Jerusalem | ||
| 2:11-14 | Peter's inconsistency and Paul's steadfastness | ||
| 2:15-21 | The law and the gospel | ||
| 3:1-5:1 | Faith, law, and the people of God | ||
| 3:1-18 | An appeal to experience and to scripture | ||
| 3:19-29 | The true purpose of the Mosaic law | ||
| 4:1-31 | Bondage under the law; freedom in Christ | ||
| 4:8-20 | Paul reproves the Galatians | ||
| 4:21-31 | Allegory of Hagar and Sarah | ||
| 5:2-6:10 | Freedom, the Spirit, and the life of love | ||
| 5:1-26 | The nature of Christian freedom/liberty | ||
| 6:1-10 | Exhortations to charity and zeal | ||
| 6:11-18 | Conclusion, an autographic postscript |