Here is a paper written in 1991 on the structure of Galatians, including technical discussion of the mechanisms that Paul uses to organize his material.
Here are messages on Galatians presented
at WIBC in 1988-1989. The messages themselves are based on a
preliminary structural analysis of the book into doctrinal (1:11-5:1)
and practical (5:2-6:10) sections, based on the usual high-level
organization of Paul's epistles. But in the chart below, I've organized
the materials following the structure outlined in the 1991 paper, which
is much better supported by the detailed evidence of Galatians itself.
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Section
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Notes
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MP3 Audio Files
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| 1:1-5, Epistolary Opening |
Introduction to the book and 1:1-5 | 1:1-4 |
| 1:6-10, Existential Setting |
Notes on 1:6-10 | 1:4-6 1:6-10 |
| 1:11-12, Chiastic Summary 1:13-2:14, The Origin of Paul's Gospel: From the Lord, not Man (1:11) |
Notes on 1:11-2:14 Notes on 1:18-2:14 |
1:11-17 1:18-2:5 2:6-10 2:11-14 |
| 2:15-21, Transition | Notes on 2:15-21 Modes of spiritual death and Gal 2:19 |
2:15-19 2:19-3:5 |
| 3:1-6:10, The Content of Paul's Gospel: According to the Scripture, not Man (1:11) | Law vs. Faith in Gal 3 Covenants in 3:15-18 3:15-22 3:23-4:7 4:1-7 4:4-7 4:8-5:1 4:21-5:1 5:2-11 Symmetrical strucures in Gal 5-6 5:13-6:2 6:1-10 |
3:6-11 3:12-14 Covenants Covenants; 3:15-18 3:19-24 3:25-4:3 4:3-5 4:6-10 4:11-20 4:21-26 4:27-5:1 5:2-8 5:9-13 (truncated) 5:13-14, 6:1-2 5:15, 25 5:17-20, 24 5:21-22 5:22-6:1 6:1-2 6:3-10 |
| 6:11-18, Closing Setting (vv. 12-17) and Epistolary Close (vv. 11, 18) | Notes on 6:11-18 | 6:10-15 |
| Summary of Galatians |
Summary of Galatians | 6:16-18, Summary |
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