A Study Commentary on Galatians (Biblia.com)

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Of all Paul’s letters, the epistle to the Galatians is undoubtedly his most fiercely worded, more so even than the two Corinthian letters. The problem in the churches in Galatia was that they had heard the gospel from the great apostle Paul, but then proceeded to modify it. A little poison in the cup may be all that is needed for the cup to be toxic. To be specific, the Galatians began to listen...

2:7–9; when there is an exception, as in Col. 4:11, Paul makes this clear). It is Robert Jewett’s theory that it was pressure from Zealots which caused Jewish Christians to try to force Gentile Christians to Judaize.124 On this scenario, Zealots were making life very dangerous in Jerusalem for all who were not Jews. The fact that Jewish Christians were associated with Gentile Christians who were uncircumcised and not keeping kosher laws meant that even Jewish Christians could become Zealot targets.

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