Bible Question: What does Galatians 1:1-2 mean |
Bible Answer: Galatians 1:1Paul,an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: Paul, in writing this letter to the churches of Galatia, was addressing the letter in Greek fashion. Beginning with a formal salutation, the writer’s name, the recipient’s name and a greeting. In this he addresses himself with the title of Apostle. Those who had the unique authority from Christ to be His representative and the founders of the church used this title. Judaizing teachers were corrupting the Galatians by insisting Paul was teaching the “new” religion improperly. They claimed his commission as an Apostle was deputed or subordinate to the others, and that although Paul spoke to them against the doctrine of circumcision, he had indeed, given into it at other times in other places. Their claim was that he was subordinate to the other Apostles who were commissioned by Christ directly, when Christ walked with them. Paul was pointing out that his authority as an Apostle was indeed from Christ and not from any human agency. He points out that the risen Lord had directly commissioned Paul. Although Paul had not seen Christ in His humility, he had seen Christ and been commissioned in His resurrection power. Therefore Paul was an Apostle equal to the others and those who challenged his words were in reality challenging the words of our Lord. When speaking of all the brethren that were with him, he was revealing that he was not alone in his doctrine and those who were with him and traveling with him shared the same. People such as, Gaius and Aristarchus from Acts 19:29 and Sopater, Secundus, Timothy and Tychicus from Acts 20:4. Although those with him were not joint authors with him while writing, they did send their greetings and sentiments. Paul began the Epistle in this manner because he was soon to be defending his teaching due to the Galatians quick fall from the Gospel Paul had taught them when the Judaizers were infiltrating and denouncing Paul’s teachings. What Paul had taught the Galatians was not something that man made up. He received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. The Judaizers were preaching a perverted gospel and Paul would be attempting to bring them back to the truth. The first two versus of Galatians Chapter 1 really shows Paul’s authority and where it actually comes from as well as those he knows to be men of the true Gospel who were with him. WOS |
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