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The Epistle of Paul to the Churches of Galatia
The Epistle of Paul to the Churches of Galatia Author:James Macgregor Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PREFATORY NOTE. T T has long been felt by some of those whose business it is to teach " Bible classes,"—whether in the church, the school, or the family,—that... more » their work might be greatly assisted could they direct their pupils to suitable text-books. But although in every other branch of education there is an abundance of manuals suitable for primary and secondary instruction, and prepared by men who are recognised authorities in their respective departments, the immense stores of Biblical learning which have now been accumulated have not been made accessible to the young scholar. The present enterprise—which was projected before any similar series was announced —is an attempt to put within the reach of the average pupil in our Bible classes a sufficient amount of information on Biblical and religious subjects. There is also reason to believe that such manuals will be welcomed by many private readers of Holy Scripture. The Editors consider themselves fortunate in securing the very hearty co-operation of men who are undoubtedly competent to carry out this idea. M. D. A. W. chapter{Section 4INTRODUCTION. I. Authorship. 'T'HAT Paul wrote this Epistle is shown by the external evidence - of manuscripts, of early translations, of allusions beginning with the apostolic fathers, of formal citations beginning with the sub-Apostolic Age, and of uniform reception by the church down from her first attempts at forming a canon of New Testament Scripture ;—in short, by every kind of external evidence which the nature of the case admits of. It is shown, too, by internal evidence, which here is quite irresistible, not only in the harmony of the Epistle, as regards doctrine and other indications of authorship, both with what is elsewhere ascertainable about Paul and his writings, ...« less