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This commentary traces Paul’s theology as it unfolds in his letter to the church at Galatia, and illuminates how the Galatians likely received and comprehended it. The author asks readers to imagine themselves as silent witnesses to Paul’s dictation of the letter and to observe, through a historical perspective, how Christians at Galatia might have understood Paul’s words.

Paul refers to Barnabas three times in the second chapter of Galatians (2:1, 9, 13) but does not mention him in the brief account of the apostle’s initial contact with the Galatians in 4:12–15. If Barnabas had been with Paul at the founding of the Galatian churches, which is a necessary assumption of the “South Galatia” hypothesis (Acts 13–14), Barnabas would have been the senior partner (Acts 14:14: “the apostles Barnabas and Paul,” in that order). Paul would then surely have mentioned him (Koch
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