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Jarvis Williams’ commentary on Galatians is a commentary of one of Paul’s most rhetorically charged and polemically sharp letters. Williams writes a commentary of the letter, not a commentary of commentaries. He grounds the letter in grammatical-historical exegesis, seeking to help readers understand Paul’s Greco-Roman and Second Temple Jewish context of the letter. Additionally, the book seeks...

new, transformed identity when they put on Christ by being baptized into him without the total eradication of their old identities. The status the opponents promised the Galatians with their other gospel of circumcision is already realized by faith in Christ apart from works of law, which the Galatians’ baptism into Christ proves. In 3:28, Paul clarifies that in Christ, their social identities do not open up for them the pathway to the Abrahamic blessing or superiority over others in the assemblies
Pages 130–131