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CHAPTER I.

Argument of Chapter 1.

THE FIRST chapter is almost entirely consumed by rebuke and narration. For he chides the Galatians because they so easily fell away from the simplicity of true doctrine, and at the same time he shows how great a sin it is to corrupt that simplicity of truth with Mosaic observances, a thing surely worthy of anathema. Hence, in a long narration, he explains whence he has this doctrine, namely from God revealing and calling him, not from any men, however holy.

There are three parts. At the beginning is the title, which embraces the subscription, the inscription, and the salutation. Then follows the protasis proposition in the opening of the Epistle, to which some reasons are added. Thirdly, the narration concerning his vocation to Christianity is instituted, so that he may show this doctrine, which he had previously proposed to them by word of mouth, to be divine. Now we will deal with the title.

The sum of the title is: Paul and other brothers wish grace and peace to the Galatians from God. This proposition is common to the titles of almost all the Apostle's Epistles. It is treated, however,