Structure of Galatians

1:1-5	Introduction

1:6-4:11	Paul’s Rebuke and Defence

1:6-10	A Different Gospel

1:11-2:14	Autobiographical Defence
1:11-12	Summary
1:13-17	Early Life and Conversion
1:18-24	First Visit to Jerusalem
2:1-10	Second Visit to Jerusalem
2:11-14	Division in Antioch

2:15-21	Summary of Paul’s argument

3:1-4:11	Scriptural Defence
3:1-18	Righteousness Apart for the Law
3:1-5	Arguments from Experience
3:6-14	Blessings of Faith vs. Curse of the Law
3:15-18	The Promise was first - The Law was not an amendment
3:19-4:7	Life is “In Christ” not “Under Law”
3:19-25	Why the law was given
3:26-29	“In Christ”
4:1-7	Contrast of Law and Gospel

4:8-11	Paul’s concern for the Galatians

4:12-6:10 	Appeal and Exhortation

4:12-5:12	Against Judaism
4:12-20	Personal Appeals
4:21-31	Hagar and Sarah – A tale of 2 mothers
5:1-12	Holding Fast to Freedom

5:13-6:10	Against Libertinism
5:13-18	Life directed by Love, Service to Others, and the Spirit
5:19-26	Works of the Flesh, Fruit of the Spirit
6:1-10	Do good to all

6:11-18	Subscription

Timeline of Galatians

Date	Reference	Event	
28-30	Matthew – John	•	Public Ministry of Jesus	
33	Acts 9:1-18 	•	Conversion of Paul 	
33-35	Gal. 1:15-17	•	3 years in Arabia 	
35	Acts 9:19-25 	•	Damascus Preaching 	
35	Acts 9:26-30
Gal. 1:18-19 	•	1st Jerusalem Visit
•	15 days with Peter	
35-45	Gal. 1:21-22 	•	11 years in Syria and Cilicia (Tarsus) 	
46	Acts 11:25-26	•	Barnabas brings Saul from Tarsus to Antioch	
46	Acts 11:27-30; 12:25; 
Gal. 2:1-10	•	2nd Jerusalem Visit	
47-48	Acts 13-14	•	Missionary journey to Galatia 	
48	Acts 14:26-28	•	Paul returns to Antioch 	
48	Acts 15:1; Gal. 2:11-14	•	Judaizers in Antioch – Paul withstands Peter	
48	Galatians	•	Paul hears that Judaizers are in Galatia too 
•	Writes epistle	
49	Acts 15:2-29	•	3rd Jerusalem Visit 
•	The Jerusalem conference	
49	Acts 15:30-35	•	Paul returns to Antioch 	
49-50	Acts 16:1-6	•	Paul commences 2nd Missionary journey in Galatia