GALATIANS

DOUGLAS J. MOO

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

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© 2013 by Douglas J. Moo

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moo, Douglas J.

Galatians / Douglas J. Moo.

p. cm.—(Baker exegetical commentary on the New Testament)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8010-2754-3 (cloth)

1. Bible. Galatians—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS2685.53.M65 2013

227′.4077—dc23

2013018569

Translations from the Greek text of Galatians are the author’s. Unless otherwise indicated, all other Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com

Literal translations of the Septuagint are the author’s. Quotations marked NETS are from A New English Translation of the Septuagint, © 2007 by the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Inc. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Quotations of the Old Testament Apocrypha are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Quotations of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha are from The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by J. H. Charlesworth, 2 vols. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983–85).

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Contents

Series Preface

Author’s Preface

A Note to the Reader

Abbreviations

Transliteration

Map

Introduction to Galatians

I. Introduction: The Cross and the New Age (1:1–10)

A. Prescript (1:1–5)

B. Rebuke: The Occasion of the Letter (1:6–10)

II. The Truth of the Gospel (1:11–2:21)

A. How Paul Received and Defended the Gospel: Paul and the “Pillars” (1:11–2:14)

B. The Truth of the Gospel Defined (2:15–21)

III. The Defense of the Gospel (3:1–5:12)

A. Rebuke and Reminder: Faith, Spirit, and Righteousness (3:1–6)

B. Argument: Abraham’s Children through Incorporation into Christ by Faith (3:7–4:7)

C. Appeal (4:8–31)

D. Exhortation and Warning: Faith, Spirit, and Righteousness (5:1–12)

IV. The Life of the Gospel (5:13–6:10)

A. The Basic Pattern of the New Life: Serving One Another in Love (5:13–15)

B. Implementing the New Life: Walking by the Spirit (5:16–24)

C. Some Specific Parameters of the New Life (5:25–6:6)

D. The Urgency of Living the New Life (6:7–10)

V. Closing: Cross and New Creation ...