What situation in the Galatian churches is the book of Galatians primarily addressing?
Galatians primarily addresses churches being bombarded with a perversion of the Gospel. Some were adding law, legalism, and works to Paul’s Gospel of Grace. Paul says this is not a completely different gospel but a perversion, and he defends salvation by grace alone.
Les explains that the little book of Galatians is primarily dealing with churches that were being bombarded with a perversion of the Gospel. Paul says it is not a completely different Gospel, but it is a perversion. The error was that they were adding law, legalism, and works to Paul’s Gospel of Grace. This is the whole theme, as Paul continues defending his apostleship, much as he did through the Corinthian letters. The contrast is the joy of coming out of legalism and realizing that salvation is in grace and grace alone.