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and for that reason it can be called general. For it is asked here concerning the kind of doctrine that ought to be valid among all churches, namely that we are justified by faith in Christ, by the sheer grace of God, not by works of the law or other ceremonies. This is subsequently treated in chapters 3, 4, and 5, although it is also sprinkled here and there in the first and second chapters with the preceding (points). And he properly opposes this to the doctrine of the adversaries, and confirms it with valid reasons. Notable loci are those concerning justification by faith, concerning the nature of the law, circumcision, concerning good works, and others, etc.

DIVISION.

1. The members are to be connected thus. At the beginning is the title, which consists in the usual manner of the subscription, the inscription, and the salutation. The locus concerning his vocation is inserted, that he approached this duty of teaching immediately from God, and the main proposition is touched upon, that we have been redeemed by the death of Christ from sin according to the will of God the Father, which is to say nothing other than what we explained in the second proposition. In the second place follows the exordium, which he takes from admiration of the new fall. For he reproves the fickleness in them. In this place the former proposition is established, that they ought not to have fallen away from that kind of doctrine which they had received from Paul. In the third place is subjoined the narration, in which he deals with his own affairs, that is, his vocation, doctrine, travels, (and) meeting with the other