Title: Galatians 1
Content Galatians 1
The reason this letter has a strong tone from the outset is because of a very serious problem that arose in the churches of the Galatia region. The place where you can clearly see what this problem is is verses 6 and 7, but in fact, Galatians was written because of this serious problem.
Inside the church in Galatia came a group of poisonous mushrooms that tried to corrupt the gospel, the foundation and support of the church, and they were so-called 'Jews'. They used effective methods to achieve their goals, on the one hand raising doubts about Paul's qualifications as apostles and, on the other hand, making minor tweaks to the gospel Paul preached (v. 7). ; “But some are trying to trouble you and change the gospel of Christ.”
Cursed of God if anyone teaches that you should be. (You must be wary of modern-day Judaism. Those who teach that human merits and achievements, good deeds or asceticism, etc., are of some help in achieving 'salvation'. If so, they are the ones who will be 'cursed of God'; v. 8).
The Apostle Paul presents logical evidence to prove that his apostolate was only by the revelation of Christ and by no means by man. Using his own conversion as a reference point, he lists his actions before and after conversion. Verses 15 and 16 make it clear from what point of view he understood his conversion (cf. verses 13 and 14 tell about his actions before conversion, and verses 15-16 first half of what happened at the time of conversion) He explains that he was converted by God's grace and that God had called him to be an apostle to 'declare Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.' )