Scripture index: Galatians

Gal 1:1
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Trinity › Father is fully God
Gal 1:2
- Scripture › NT authors assume church will understand their writings
Gal 1:3–4
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Doctrines of grace › Definite atonement
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
- Trinity › Father is fully God
Gal 1:4
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
- Jesus is God › “No man can ransom another”
Gal 1:6–9
- Essential doctrines › The gospel (non-specific)
- Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable
- Gospel › Warnings against false gospels/doctrines
- Scripture › Prohibitions against adding to, taking away from Scripture
Gal 1:9
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
Gal 1:10
- Slavery › Covenant people are slaves to God
Gal 1:15
- Providence › Concurrence in human life
Gal 1:16
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Gal 1:19
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
Gal 2:1
- Jesus is God › “No man can ransom another”
Gal 2:3–5
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
Gal 2:15–21
- Gospel › So what is the gospel?
Gal 2:16
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Essential doctrines › Jesus (non-specific)
- Essential doctrines › Salvation by grace through faith in Christ
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
- Order of salvation › Faith, repentance result in justification
Gal 2:17
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
Gal 2:19
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Gal 2:20
- Atonement › God’s love redeems us
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
- God is love › God loves specific people
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › “No man can ransom another”
- Perichoresis › Of God and creation, created beings?
Gal 2:21
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
Gal 3
- Baptism › Old and new covenants are essentially identical, continuous
Gal 3:1–14
- Gospel › So what is the gospel?
Gal 3:6
- Abrahamic covenant › Blessings of the covenant remain the same
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Gal 3:6–7
- Abrahamic covenant › If you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s
Gal 3:7
- Abrahamic covenant › Conditions
- Abrahamic covenant › Condition of the covenant remains the same
- Subjects of baptism › New covenant belongs to children of promise, not of flesh
Gal 3:8
- Abrahamic covenant › Abrahamic covenant referred to as “the gospel”
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
- Order of salvation › Faith, repentance result in justification
Gal 3:9
- Abrahamic covenant › Conditions
- Abrahamic covenant › Condition of the covenant remains the same
- Baptism › Infants and children of believers should also be baptized
- Subjects of baptism › Passages cited for infant baptism
Gal 3:10
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Gal 3:10–12
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
Gal 3:11
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
- Order of salvation › Faith, repentance result in justification
Gal 3:11–14
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Gal 3:12
- Gospel › “He who does the commandments shall live by them”
- Old Testament canon › Leviticus
Gal 3:13
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Gal 3:13–14
- Atonement › Christ’s crucifixion redeems us
- Definite atonement › Also secures fulfillment of conditions for salvation
Gal 3:13–18
- Abrahamic covenant › Giving of Law didn’t nullify the promise
Gal 3:14
- Abrahamic covenant › If you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s
- Baptism › Infants and children of believers should also be baptized
- Subjects of baptism › Passages cited for infant baptism
Gal 3:16
- Abrahamic covenant › Mediator of the covenant remains the same
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Gal 3:18
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
Gal 3:20
- Attributes of God › Simplicity (“without parts”, indivisible, neither compound nor composite)
- Creator-creature distinction › Only one God
- Monotheism › “God is one”
- Trinity › “God is one”, there is only one God
Gal 3:21
- Mosaic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
Gal 3:22
- Essential doctrines › Jesus (non-specific)
Gal 3:23–24
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Gal 3:24
- Order of salvation › Faith, repentance result in justification
Gal 3:26
- Abrahamic covenant › Condition of the covenant remains the same
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
- Order of salvation › Adoption
Gal 3:26–27
- Baptism › Sacramental metonymy[1]
- Perichoresis › Of God and creation, created beings?
Gal 3:27
- Abrahamic covenant › If you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s
- Subjects of baptism › All recipients of baptism have put on Christ
Gal 3:27–29
- Baptism › Signifies admission to covenant community, visible church, ingrafting into Christ
Gal 3:28
- Complementarianism › Equality of personhood, worth
Gal 3:29
- Abrahamic covenant › If you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s
- Subjects of baptism › Old covenant was primarily outward, physical; new covenant is primarily inward, spiritual
Gal 4:1–7
- Heirs of God › Heirs of God
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Gal 4:4
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Gal 4:4–5
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Hypostatic union › Union of natures in one person
Gal 4:4–6
- Eternal generation › Son sent by Father
Gal 4:4–7
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Gal 4:5–7
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Gal 4:6
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Trinity › Spirit proceeds from Father and Son
Gal 4:9
- Unconditional election › Believers elected
Gal 4:14
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
Gal 4:23–24
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Gal 4:27
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Gal 4:29
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Gal 4:30
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Gal 5:2–3
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
Gal 5:2–6
- Essential doctrines › Salvation by grace through faith in Christ
Gal 5:4–6
- Baptism › Salvation is not of works
- Essential practices › Salvation is not of works
- Gospel › Salvation is not of works
Gal 5:6
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
Gal 5:13
- Slavery › Christians are to serve one another
Gal 5:14
- Church membership › Members obligated to love one another
- Old Testament canon › Leviticus
Gal 5:18
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Gal 5:19–21
- Essential practices › Sinners will not inherit eternal life, kingdom of God
Gal 5:20
- Sin › Wrong attitude
Gal 5:22
- Attention-deficit disorder › Impulsivity
Gal 5:22–23
- Gospel › Saved by grace, works follow
Gal 5:23
- Attention-deficit disorder › Self-control
Gal 5:24
- Creator-creature distinction › We belong to God by virtue of new creation
Gal 6:3
- Assurance of salvation › False assurance, self-deception
Gal 6:7–8
- Attributes of God › Wrath
Gal 6:10
- Church membership › Members obligated to love one another
Gal 6:12–13
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
Gal 6:14
- Assurance of salvation › Marks of true and false assurance
Gal 6:15
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
- Regeneration › Regeneration

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