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OUTLINE OF GALATIANS

I. The Gospel of Grace Defended............................. 1:1-2:21

A.  Introduction     1:1-9

1.       Salutation: The Ground of Grace . . . 1:1-5

Gal 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

2.       Situation: The Departure from Grace 1:6-9

Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

B.  Gospel of Grace Is Given by Divine Revelation                     1:10-24

Gal 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

Gal 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

C.  Gospel of Grace Is Approved by Jerusalem Leadership.................... 2:1-10

Gal 2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

Gal 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

D.  Gospel of Grace Is Vindicated by Rebuking Peter.................... 2:11-21

Gal 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

Gal 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

II. The Gospel of Grace Explained............................... 3:1-4:31

A.  Holy Spirit Is Given by Faith, Not by Works.................... 3:1-5

Gal 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

B.  Abraham Was Justified by Faith, Not by Works.................... 3:6-9

Gal 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

C.  Justification Is by Faith, Not by the Law.................... 3:10-4:11

1.  Christ Redeems Us from the Curse of the Law................ 3:10-14

Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

2.  Abrahamic Covenant Is Not Voided by the Law................ 3:15-18

Gal 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

3.  Law Given to Drive Us to Faith    3:19-22

Gal 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

4. Believers Are Free from the Law............... 3:23-4:11

Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

D.  Galatians Receive Blessings by Faith, Not by the Law................... 4:12-20

Gal 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

E.  Law and Grace Cannot Coexist     4:21-31

Gal 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

III. The Gospel of Grace Applied............................... 5:1-6:18

A.  Position of Liberty: "Stand Fast"     5:1-12

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

B.  Practice of Liberty: Love One Another................... 5:13-15

Gal 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

C.  Power for Liberty: "Walk in the Spirit"................... 5:16-26

1.        Conflict Between the Spirit and the Flesh............... 5:16-18

Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

2.       "Works of the Flesh"    5:19-21

Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

3.       "Fruit of the Spirit"    5:22-26

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

D.  Performance in Liberty: "Do Good Unto All Men"................... 6:1-10

1.       "Bear Ye One Another's Burdens"     6:1-5

Gal 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

2.        Do Not Be Weary in Well Doing. . 6:6-10

Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

E.  Conclusion     6:11-18

1.       Motives of the Circumcised    6:11-13

Gal 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

2.       Motives of the Apostle Paul    6:14-18

Gal 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.