Paul and Galatians

What was Paul's name before he changed it?

Saul

Who did Paul study under?

Gamaliel

What Jewish sect did Paul belong to?

Pharisee

Why did Paul persecute Christians?

a. Paul describes his persecution as belonging to the tradition of zeal or violent protection of Israel's holiness that stretches back to Phinehas.

Where was Paul headed when he was converted?

Damascus

Where was Saul born?

Tarsus of Cilicia

differentiate Pharisaic Judaism vs. Messianic Judaism

Monotheism i. Jewish Monotheism: The one God of Israel made the world and has remained in dynamic relationship with it; and this one God, in order to further his purposes within and for that world, has entered into covenant with Israel in particular. ii. Pauline Monotheism: Jesus and the Spirit belong within the identity of the one God of Israel; they are the divine agents who have carried out the aspects of God's covenantal plan that, according to the scriptures, God himself would do.

differentiate Pharisaic Judaism vs. Messianic Judaism

Election i. Jewish Election: God has chosen Israel to be the means of extending his salvation to the ends of the earth. ii. Pauline Election: God's purposes for electing Israel have been accomplished through Jesus as Israel's representative Messiah and are now being implemented through the Messiah's people, the renewed and expanded Israel that shares this identity through incorporation into the Messiah.

differentiate Pharisaic Judaism vs. Messianic Judaism

. Eschatology i. Jewish Eschatology: The God who made the world will act to put it right, restoring Israel, judging the nations, and renewing creation. ii. Pauline Eschatology: God's plan to put the world right has been split into two stages with the inauguration coming already in Jesus and the Spirit and the full consummation of the new creation yet to come.

Why did Paul write the letter to the Galatians?

a. Intruders have come in and many of the Galatians believers were turning to a different Gospel.

What is a Judiazer?

Those who adopted Jewish religious practices or sought to influence others to do so.

What did the Jerusalem council agree for Paul and Barnabas to do?

The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision of males.

to go an preach with people with them?

Why did Paul oppose Peter in Galatians?

he stood condemned
Paul uses Peter's hypocrisy as a case in point to show his authority as an apostle and subsequently make his case to the Galatians that his gospel is "not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ"

According to Galatians 5:14, the entire Law is fulfilled by keeping what command?

You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

According to Galatians 2:21, if righteousness could be gained through the law then...

Christ died for no purpose.

When Paul wrote Galatians he was?

. Astonished and frustrated (correct answer)

8. The fruit of the Spirit is found in what chapter of Galatians?

chapt 5

Was Galatians written toward the beginning of Pauls writing career or towards the end?

Beginning

According to Galatians 5:6 and Galatians 6:15, what matters is faith expressing itself in love and the new creation as opposed to...

Circumcision or Uncircumcision

What is the “Tunnel Period”

time between paul’s conversion and his first letters