<transcy>No longer a slave but a son - Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (Plus esclave mais fils - Commentaire de l'épître aux Galates)</transcy>

Theological work par excellence, “great charter of Christian freedom”, the Epistle to the Galatians apparently so far removed from our immediate needs and yet of prime importance in our personal life, invites us to experience the glorious freedom of the children of God.

The life of the flesh makes man both a slave to the law and a slave to sin. While remaining under this regime, he knows only guilt or pride, constantly oscillating from one to the other while wanting to do good. Then comes the cross. From it flows grace, that which saves and frees. Like the letter to the Romans, the life of the Spirit is here proclaimed as the imperishable power of life.

It is by receiving it with faith that a new era of freedom begins: freed from the condition of slaves, we become children in the Son, heirs of the promises, free in the house of the Father!

Considering such a precious good, Paul strives to denounce anything that offends the Spirit of grace and in particular the religious spirit, a threatening danger for the Galatians but also for us who, just like them , have reached "the end of the centuries".

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

• To the Churches of Galatia (Verses 1 to 5)
  
• The One Gospel (Verses 6 to 9)
• The favor of God or that of men? (Verse 10)
• The revelation of Christ (Verses 11 to 24)

CHAPTER 2

• Conflicts and disagreements (Introduction to the chapter)
• The need to obey and to disobey (Verses 1 to 9)
• Above all, never forget charity (Verse 10)
• Religious espionage (Verse 4)
• A necessary rebuke (Verses 11-14)
• Saved by works or by faith? (Verses 15 to 16)
• Choosing between Christ and the Law (Verses 17-19)
• No longer me, but Christ (Verses 20 to 21)

CHAPTER 3

• How to receive the Spirit? (Verses 1 to 5)
• Who is fair? (Verses 1 to 14)
• The true people of God (Verses 15-18)
• Why the law? (Verses 19 to 29)

CHAPTER 4

• The Spirit of Adoption (Verses 1 to 7)
• The true knowledge of God (Verses 8 to 10)
• The soul of the shepherd (Verses 10 to 20)
• How to inherit the blessing? (Verses 21 to 31)

CHAPTER 5

• Evangelical freedom (Verses 1 to 12)
• Freed for love (Verses 6, 13 to 15)
• The walk according to the flesh (Verses 13, 16 to 25)
• The life of the Spirit (Verses 15 to 16, 18, 22 to 23, 25)
• The fruit of the Spirit (Verse 22)

CHAPTER 6

• A proven spiritual life (Chapter 5 verse 26 to chapter 6 verse 2)
• Relationship with others
• Our responsibility to God (Verses 3 to 5)
• Sowing for the Spirit (Verses 6 to 10)
• Boasting of the cross (Verses 11 to 18)

Details

Publisher : Mission Timothée
Author : Daniel Issarte
ISBN : 9782952998727
Publication : November 2020
Pages : 309
Dimensions : 5.83 "x 8.27"
Format : paperback