The church in Galatia was in grave danger. False teachers were drawing believers away from the true gospel of grace, leading them instead to a corrupted doctrine that promised salvation through works of the law. Paul warned the Galatians that anyone who seeks righteousness through the law remains under its curse. As he wrote in…
Here, we find Paul refuting false teachers who insisted that God’s gracious promise of salvation by faith, given through Abraham and realized in Jesus, was not enough. One must also submit to the rite of circumcision contained in the law God gave through Moses. Paul proves them wrong by grappling with two questions: If salvation is by grace through faith, then why…