ts upon purity of soul and
outward life as opposed to the laxness of the idolaters.
Each individual soul is related to Christ to whom it is
responsible.

+Practical Bearing upon Present Day Living.+--The
things contended for, the evils scored in these Epistles
may seem to belong to dead controversies, but they do
not. While it is a fact that Christianity has freed itself
from Judaism and the heathen religions have been
conquered, the old evils still manifest themselves and the
same remedies must be applied to them. Many to-day
will do works of the law (Gal. 2:16) who have no use for
Christ, or His church, thinking in this way to buy their
way to God. These are the old Judaizers come to life
again. They often know nothing and care less for spiritual
things and heart righteousness. Sensuality, and all its
attendant evils, driven from the old heathen temples,
manifests itself in many ways; it still seeks to array itself
in beautiful garments that it may lure many to ruin.
There is need of repeating over again the arguments of
Paul for a pure life lived in the faith of Jesus Christ, and
the spiritual upbuilding of the soul through Him. Paul
also insists upon good works as the outcome of faith, but
faith must come first.

+The Epistles of this Group were Written+ on the third
missionary journey.

THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS

+The Galatians+ to whom this Epistle was addressed;
who were they? The name Galatia was used in two ways.
Geographically to denote the country inhabited by the
Celtic tribes (who were descended from the Gauls and
who formerly inhabited the country we now call France).
Politically it meant the Roman province which also
included "Psidia, Lycaonia, and part of Phrygia to the south
of Galatia proper." It has been a question which of the
two Paul intended to address in his letter. There are no
particular names of churches which are specified. Many
scholars think that Paul means to address his Epistle to
the churches of the Roman province. In this case the
letter would be sent to the churches of a wide area, and
primarily addressed to those founded in the first
missionary journey at Antioch, Iconium, Derbe, and Lystra
(Acts 14:1-28).

Luke speaks also of a region lying roundabout Derbe and
Lystra where the gospel was preached on this first journey
(Acts 14:6). The passage in Galatians (2:5) in which
Paul refers to the Jerusalem Council where he contended
for the liberty in Christ