A Guide to Galatians and Philoppians

includes index and biblioraphy

Galatians 1. 1-5: Greetings ..............11 1. 6-10: Paul`s Reason for writing .............16 1. 11-24: How paul Became an Apostle ..........20 Special Note A : Grae ...............23 2. 1-10: Paul`s Agreement with the Jerusalem Apostles ..........25 11-21: Conflict Between Peter and Paul..............31 Special Note B: Faith according to Paul ...........38 3. 1-5: The Galatians earlier experience ...............40 6-9: The promise came before the law ..............44 Special Note C : Righteousness and Justification ....................47 10-14: The Curse of the Law and its solution ..........50 15-22: The law cannot make the Promise void ..............56 Special Note D: The law ............65 3. 23-4. 7: Slaves and Children ...........65 Theological Essay 1: Justification and the Inclusive community ..............71 8-20: Paul`s Concern for the Galatians ..................77 Two Sons and two Covenants ........82 Christian Freedom .........87 Theological Essay 2 : Freedom and Obligation ...........92 16-26: work of the flesh and fruit of the spirit ...............99 1-10: Law of Christ ............106 Phillippians ..............117 Greeting ........119 Thanksgiving for partnership ......125 Paul`s Prayer for them ........129 God Makes use of opposition ......137 Ready to live, ready to die ...........142 Living worthily of the Gospel ............148 Fellowship among Christians ............153 Jesus christ the Servant ...........158 God and servancthood ..........165 Co-Workers ...........180 The old and the new ...........185 Pressing on ..............196 Waiting for Christ`s Coming ..................202 God`s Peace ..........210 Theological Essay 4: Joy in Philippians ..............217