McClurg Ministries- Galatians

I. Salutation (1:1-5)
II. Theme and occasion of the Epistle (1:6-9)
III. Paul's gospel is a revelation, not a tradition from the other apostles (1:10-2:14)
IV. Justification is by faith without law (2:15-3:24)
A. Even Jews must be so justified (2:15-18)
B. The law has already executed its sentence upon the believer (2:19)
C. The Christian life is the outliving of the inliving Christ (2:20)
D. To mingle law-works with grace in justification frustrates grace (2:21)
E. The gift of the Spirit is by faith, not by law-works (3:1-5)
F. The Abrahamic Covenant is a by-faith covenant (3:6-9)
G. The man under law-works is under the curse of the law (3:10-12)
H. Christ has borne our law-curse that we might have the faith-blessing (3:13-16)
I. The law does not add a new condition to the Abrahamic covenant of faith (3:17-18)
J. The true intent of the law is condemnation, and as a preparatory discipline (3:19-24)
V. The rule of the believer's life is gracious, not legal (3:25-5:15)
A. The justified believer is a son in the family of God, not a servant under the law (3:26-4:3)
B. The believer is redeemed from under the law (4:4-5)
C. The Spirit actualizes the believer's sonship (4:6-7)
D. To lapse into legality is to go back to an elementary religion (4:8-14)
E. In legality the Galatians have lost their blessing (4:15-18)
F. The two systems, law and grace, cannot co-exist (4:19-31)
G. Application of the allegory (5:1-15)
VI. Sanctification is through the Spirit, not the law (5:16-24)
A. The Spirit gives victory over sin (5:17-21)
B. Christian character is produced by the Holy Spirit, not by self-effort (5:22-24)
VII. The outworking of the new life in Christ Jesus (5:25-6:18)
A. The new life as a brotherhood (6:1-6)
1. The case of a sinning brother (6:1)
2. The case of a burdened brother (6:2-5)
3. The case of a teaching brother (6:6)
B. The new life as a husbandry (6:7-9)
C. The new life as a beneficence (6:10)
D. The new life in sacrificial love (6:11-13)
E. The new exultation of the new life (6:14-15)
F. The peace of the new life (6:16)
G. The new fellowship of suffering (6:17-18)