Bible Study: Galatians 1

Galatia was not a city, such as Ephesus or Colosse or some of the other cities that Paul wrote to. Galatia was an area. It was sort of like, To the churches in California. It was a territory and thus it wasnt an individual church but there were churches. So you find in the opening, verse two, To the churches (plural), of Galatia: The area of Galatia was just sort of south of the Black Sea. It was an area that would be sort of Armenia, up in that territory. It was inhabited not by Greeks but by Gauls. Several churches were established there.It is interesting that in the Book of Acts, we dont read of Pauls going to Galatia, but obviously he was in the area of Galatia where he established churches there. Its important to realize that the Bible is not a complete account of the ministry of Jesus or of the early ministry of the church. It covers some of the more important and salient aspects of the churchs outreach, but it isnt a complete detailed kind of an account.John said if all of the things were written, concerning Jesus, of the things that He did and said, probably all of the libraries of the world could not hold the things that could be written. So John said I selected certain things. Many other things did Jesus, that are not recorded. But these, he said, I have recorded or I have written that you might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, by believing. So recognize that in the Scripture, it is not and does not represent to be a complete and total account
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