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Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Readers will learn to see Christ in all aspects of Scripture, and they will...

The proper way to begin a letter in Roman times was with thanksgiving. Here, however, because Paul is so burdened by the Galatians’ error, he offers none. Instead, he is like a parent who sees his kid running into the road and yells, “Hey, there’s a car coming! Watch out!” He offers no pious platitudes, only passionate warning. Paul would not have received an “A” in Quintilian’s literature class. Quintilian (AD 35–95) was the day’s expert in classical style
Galatians 1:6–7a