Galatians Summary Outline I. I. Ch 1-2: Defense of Message and Messenger II. II. Ch 3-4: Grace-Faith versus Law-Works III. III. Ch 5-6: New Life in the Spirit

Ch 5-6: New Life in the Spirit A. 5:1-6:10Call to Christian Living 1. 5:1-5:15Call to Christian Liberty 2. 5:16-5:26Call to True Spirituality 3. 6:1-6:10Call to Christian Service B. 6:11-18Conclusion 1. 6:11-16Final Challenge 2. 6:17-18Benediction

Galatians Doctrines  The Gospel  Justification  Grace  Law  Legalism  Liberty  Spirituality  Sowing & Reaping

Ch 5-6: New Life in the Spirit A. 5:1-6:10Call to Christian Living 1. 5:1-5:15Call to Christian Liberty 2. 5:16-5:26Call to True Spirituality 3. 6:1-6:10Call to Christian Service B. 6:11-18Conclusion 1. 6:11-16Final Challenge 2. 6:17-18Benediction

1 Cor 2:15 “he who is spiritual” pneumatiko.jpneumatikos Gal 6:1 “you who are spiritual” u`mei/j oi` pneumatikoi. humeis oi pneumatikoi

DOCTRINE SPIRITUALITY Spiritual Man APPLICATION WALK IN THE SPIRIT CONFESSION YIELDEDNESS

“trespass” para,ptwma (PARAPTŌMA) Vine’s “primarily a false step, a blunder…, lit., ‘a fall beside,’ used ethically, denotes a trespass, a deviation, from uprightness and truth” Thayer and Smith, The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon “to fall beside or near something; a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness; a sin, misdeed” “sin” a`marti,a (HAMARTIA) Vine’s “lit., a missing of the mark…It is the most comprehensive term for moral obliquity [divergence].” Thayer and Smith, The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon “to miss the mark; to err, be mistaken; to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honor, to do or go wrong; to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin”

Gal 6:1 “overtaken” prolamba,nw (PROLAMBANŌ) PRO \ LAMBANŌ before\to take“to take before” Merryman “surprised, overtaken, or caught off guard” Vine’s “the meaning is not that of detecting a person in the act, but of his being caught by the trespass, through his being off guard”

Vine’s Expository Commentary on Galatians W. E. Vine pg. 192 “It is more likely, considering the remoter context, see especially 5:21, that the thought of the fault getting beforehand with the caution of the believer, finding him off his guard, and so taking advantage of him. This interpretation provides a vivid contrast with the deliberate and premeditated practice of evil…”

Galatians: God’s Antidote to LegalismRon Merryman pg. 110 “Paul encourage all believers to be filled/controlled by the Spirit and to walk in the Spirit. But what was normative in Paul’s day has become ultra-normative in our day; that is, ‘spiritual’ Christians today are a minority or viewed as a minority. Most Christians relegate the responsibility of Gal. 6:1 to others because they simply do not see themselves as ‘spiritual’; they simply feel they do not fit the bill. ‘Spiritual ones are limited to pastors, elders, deacons, or Sunday school teachers! What a perversion.”