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Early, Urgent Letter To Galatia
- Paul wrote Galatians early to confront teaching that harmed fledgling churches in Asia Minor.
- He repudiates agitators insisting Gentiles obey the entire Old Testament law.
Paul's Hard‑Won Churches
- Paul endured serious physical abuse to found the Galatian churches and carried visible scars from his labors.
- His prior zeal for strict Judaism helps explain why these Judaizing agitators felt so personal to him.
Judaizers Pushed Circumcision
- Aggressive Jewish Christians, called Judaizers, pressured Gentile converts to adopt circumcision and full Torah observance.
- Paul sees that demand as lifeless legalism that undermines the gospel's reach to the nations.