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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 41: Galatians is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the most influential volumes on Galatians, Richard Longenecker offers a fresh translation of Galatians and gives the reader a thorough discussion of such matters as authorship, date, and textual problems, while also addressing the problems Paul faced within his Galatian churches. Longenecker reviews the message of Paul’s opponents and the impact of Paul’s thought on Christianity.

Christian church—i.e., they offered a rather straightforward and seemingly God-honoring solution to libertinism within Paul’s congregations: accept a Jewish nomistic lifestyle and you will have clear guidance as to what is right and wrong, and so be able to live a life that pleases God (see Introduction, xcvi–xcvii). In line with such an interpretation, it is not too difficult to suppose that in saying “we are found to be sinners” Paul is responding to a charge of his opponents and granting the truth
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