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#Galatians #2026

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Starter

What is something that you inherited?

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Study Questions

"Gospel" in Greek is εὐαγγέλιον (transliterated as euangelion), which translates literally to "good news" or "glad tidings". Derived from eu ("good") and angelia ("message" or "tidings"), it was used in the New Testament to describe the announcement of salvation through Jesus Christ (Yahweh is Salvation the Messiah). The word gospel is used 76 times in the New Testament. Galatians uses the word gospel more than any other new testament book.

In chapter one Paul writes, ”I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel.”(1:6) In Chapter two He writes, “But we did not give up and submit to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel  would be preserved for you.”(2:5). Chapter three tells the church to place their faith in the gospel. “The Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham.” (3:8) Now he reminds them of their identity. “And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.” (3:29) **

READ: Galatians 3:26-4:7

  1. You will hear the term thrown around in our culture that “we are all God’s children.” How is that not the case according to the scriptures?

READ: Genesis 1:26-27, 5:1-2, 9:6, James 3:9

  1. What do these verses say is the proper term to refer to human beings that have not surrender their lives to God?
    1. Why is distinguishing between children of God and image bearers essential to the message of the gospel?
    2. Should we gently correct people, especially believers, when they get those terms wrong? Why?
  2. How did God create human beings in perfect paradise?
    1. Why is that important to understand that especially in today’s culture?
  3. How does Paul use the act of baptism as a spiritual illustration here? (3:27)
    1. From a biblical perspective, why do we put on garments?
    2. In which area of your life do you most struggle to put on Christ like a garment?

Galatians 3:28 is one of the most miss interpreted and taken out of context scriptures in our modern times. Paul is likely quoting a famous prayer of the falsely religious people of his day to make a point. Men would often recite the "blessing of identity" prayer: "Blessed are you... who has not made me a Gentile, who has not made me a slave, who has not made me a woman". God never told them to pray these words. This may have been why the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray in Luke 11:1. The prayers they had been taught, and the way they prayed did not match how Jesus taught and prayed.
The apostles, especially Paul, write clearly and specifically in the new testament about the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, slaves and masters, and ethnicity. Most of those other passages were written AFTER Galatians was written. Other passages

  1. Why do all the other passages and teachings of the scriptures tend to get reinterpreted or canceled in our culture by this one verse in Galatians 3:28? (which was not the case for most of church history)
  2. The Scriptures teach that there will be no marriage in heaven but it does not teach that there will be no male or female, ethnicities, or different rewarded serving roles. Why is that important to remember?
    1. How does the idea of different responsibilities and roles not mean less worth as coheirs in the body the church? (see: 1 Corinthians 12)
  3. Those who teach that this verse means no male or female differences often cancel out that interpretation when it come to their views on ethnicity in the same passage, how?
    1. Where does the no male or female roles or responsibilities logically lead to?
  4. What is the proper interpretation of Galatians 3:28?

Galatians 4:1-7