Transcriber's note: This e-text includes Greek characters and punctuation that will only display in UTF-8 (Unicode) text readers, e.g. παρεχέτω If any of these characters do not display properly, make sure your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. As a last resort, use the ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) version of this text instead, in which the Greek words have been transliterated. THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. BY THE REV. PROFESSOR G. G. FINDLAY, B.A., HEADINGLEY COLLEGE, LEEDS. NEW YORK: A. C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 51 EAST TENTH STREET, NEAR BROADWAY. 1893. CONTENTS. _THE PROLOGUE._ CHAPTER i. 1-10. CHAPTER I. PAGE THE ADDRESS 3 CHAPTER II. THE SALUTATION 19 CHAPTER III. THE ANATHEMA 34 _THE PERSONAL HISTORY._ CHAPTER i. 11-ii. 21. CHAPTER IV. PAUL'S GOSPEL REVEALED BY CHRIST 53 CHAPTER V. PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSION 68 CHAPTER VI. PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH 83 CHAPTER VII. PAUL AND THE FALSE BRETHREN 98 CHAPTER VIII. PAUL AND THE THREE PILLARS 113 CHAPTER IX. PAUL AND PETER AT ANTIOCH 129 CHAPTER X. THE PRINCIPLES AT STAKE 146 _THE DOCTRINAL POLEMIC._ CHAPTER iii. 1-v. 12. CHAPTER XI. THE GALATIAN FOLLY 165 CHAPTER XII. ABRAHAM'S BLESSING AND THE LAW'S CURSE 180 CHAPTER XIII. THE COVENANT OF PROMISE 196 CHAPTER XIV. THE DESIGN OF THE LAW 211 CHAPTER XV. THE EMANCIPATED SONS OF GOD 227 CHAPTER XVI. THE HEIR'S COMING OF AGE 242 CHAPTER XVII. THE RETURN TO BONDAGE 257 CHAPTER XVIII. PAUL'S ENTREATY 272 CHAPTER XIX. THE STORY OF HAGAR 286 CHAPTER XX. SHALL THE GALATIANS BE CIRCUMCISED? 302 CHAPTER XXI. THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS 316 _THE ETHICAL APPLICATION._ CHAPTER v. 13-vi. 10. CHAPTER XXII. THE PERILS OF LIBERTY 333 CHAPTER XXIII. CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND HUMAN FLESH 347 CHAPTER XXIV. THE WORKS OF THE FLESH 361 CHAPTER XXV. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT 375 CHAPTER XXVI. OUR BROTHER'S BURDEN AND OUR OWN 390 CHAPTER XXVII. SOWING AND REAPING 405 _THE EPILOGUE._ CHAPTER vi. 11-18. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FALSE AND THE TRUE GLORYING 421 CHAPTER XXIX.