NT 2211/Koester

                                                                                                                                                   Galatians and 1 Corinthians

 

 

OUTLINE OF GALATIANS

 

 

 

1:1-5                 SALUTATION

 

1:6-10               STATEMENT OF ASTONISHMENT

 

1:11-2:14           NARRATIVE INTRODUCTION

   1:11-12          A. Thesis: Paul’s message had God-given integrity—not "Christianity-made-easy"

   1:13-24          B. First Part: Paul received it from God and preached it despite former zeal for Torah

     2:1-10          C. Second Part: Paul's message not derived from Jerusalem but accepted there

   2:11-14          D. Third Part: Paul maintained the gospel with integrity during the conflict at Antioch

 

 

2:15-21             THESIS

   2:15-18          A. We are justified by faith in Christ, not by the Torah

   2:19-21          B. Therefore, we live by faith in Christ, not by the Torah

 

 

3:1-4:31 1ST  ARGUMENTS: WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST, NOT TORAH

   3:1-5              A. First Argument: Proclamation of Christ crucified—work of the Spirit

   3:6-14            B. Second Argument: God's promise to Abraham

   3:15-18          C. Third Argument: Common human practice of law

   3:19-25          D. Digression on the Torah

   3:26-4:11        E. Fourth Argument: Christian tradition

                                    1. Baptismal practice

                                    2. Analogy of manumission from slavery and adoption

                                    3. Address to the Galatians

   4:12-20          F. Fifth Argument: Friendship

   4:21-31          G. Sixth Argument: The Allegory of Sarah and Hagar

 

 

5:1-6:10 2ND ARGUMENTS: WE LIVE BY FAITH IN CHRIST, NOT TORAH

   5:1-12            A. Warning against acceptance of the Jewish Torah

   5:13-24          B. Warning against corruption of "the flesh"

   5:25-6:10        C. Christian life shaped by cross and Spirit

 

  

6:11-18             EPISTOLARY POSTSCRIPT