Galatians

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Chapter 1Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 1: No Other Good News

Paul writes to the churches of Galatia as an apostle sent not by people but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead. He is amazed that they are so quickly turning away from God, who called them by grace, to a different message that is not good news at all. Paul insists there is only one Good News, and no one, not even an angel, may change it. He is not trying to please people but to serve Christ. Paul explains that he received the Good News by a revelation of Jesus Christ. He once harshly opposed the church, but God called him by grace, and the churches in Judea praised God because of him.

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Chapter 2Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 2: Christ Lives in Me

Fourteen years later Paul went to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus and privately explained the Good News he preached to the Gentiles. The leaders did not require Titus, a Greek, to be circumcised. James, Peter, and John recognized God's grace in Paul and gave him and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, asking only that they remember the poor. Later, in Antioch, Peter stopped eating with Gentile believers out of fear, and others followed him. Paul confronted Peter publicly, because his actions did not match the truth of the Good News. Paul explains that people are made right with God not by works of the law but through faith in Christ, who loved him and gave Himself for him.

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Chapter 3Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 3: Children of God by Faith

Paul asks the Galatians whether they received the Spirit by keeping the law or by believing what they heard. Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, so those who have faith are Abraham's children. Everyone who relies on the law is under a curse, but Christ redeemed believers from the curse by becoming a curse for them, so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles. God's promise to Abraham came long before the law and cannot be canceled by it. The law was like a guardian until Christ came. Now all are children of God through faith, and in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female.

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Chapter 4Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 4: Sons and Heirs

Paul explains that an heir who is still a child is no better off than a slave, living under guardians until the time his father set. In the same way, people were enslaved under the basic principles of the world. But when the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman and under the law, to redeem those under the law so they could be adopted as children. Because they are children, God sent the Spirit of His Son into their hearts, crying Abba, Father. Paul pleads with the Galatians not to turn back to slavery, recalling their kindness to him. He compares Hagar and Sarah to two covenants and says believers are children of the free woman.

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Chapter 5Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 5: The Fruit of the Spirit

Paul urges the Galatians to stand firm in the freedom Christ has given and not return to the yoke of slavery. If they rely on circumcision and the law to be made right with God, they cut themselves off from grace. In Christ, what matters is faith working through love. Believers are called to freedom, but they must not use it to indulge the flesh; instead they should serve one another in love, for the whole law is fulfilled in loving one's neighbor as oneself. Paul tells them to walk by the Spirit. He contrasts the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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Chapter 6Preschool–Grade 5

Galatians 6: Bear One Another's Burdens

Paul tells the believers that if someone is caught in a sin, those who are spiritual should restore that person gently, watching themselves so they are not tempted. They should carry each other's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Each person should test his own work rather than compare himself with others. God is not mocked; a person reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to the flesh will reap corruption, but whoever sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life. So believers should not grow weary in doing good, and should do good to everyone, especially to the family of faith. Paul writes with large letters in his own hand, boasting only in the cross, and closes with a blessing of grace.

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