Chapter 1. Who is the author of Galatians?
The author of Galatians is the Apostle Paul.
1. Internal Evidence (The text itself)
Galatians clearly reveals its author at the beginning of the epistle.“Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)” (Galatians 1:1).Also, in Galatians chapters 1 and 2, Paul details autobiographical contents such as the circumstances of his conversion, his journey to Arabia, his visit to Jerusalem, and the incident in Antioch, which coincide with the records in the Acts of the Apostles.

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Galatians Chapter 1 is the introduction to the letter the Apostle Paul sent to the various churches of Galatia, and a defense regarding the source and absoluteness of the gospel he preached.
The churches of Galatia were being shaken by a different gospel due to the deception of legalists, and the Apostle Paul strongly testifies that only the gospel he preached is the true gospel that did not come from man but came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
From the perspective of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, this passage clearly nails down the fact that there is no other gospel besides “the gospel of the baptism, the Cross, and the resurrection personally accomplished by Jesus,” and that any attempt to add anything to that gospel leads to a curse.

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Giving thanks before God
Hello, everyone. Today, with the words of Galatians chapter 1, I want to share the words of truth God has given us with you. First, I give thanks before God who has allowed this place.These days, through our homepage, truly many souls in places all over the world are meeting the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Not only from the English-speaking world but also from various other language worlds, people are coming in, and from the Asian world, many are coming in. I cannot express how thankful it is that God has entrusted this work to us.Galatians chapter 1, which we will examine together today, is the first part of the letter the Apostle Paul sent to the churches in the region of Galatia. However, if you read the main text, you can feel exactly how great a spiritual righteous indignation rose up inside the Apostle Paul’s heart as he wrote this letter. I want to unravel step by step why he wrote the letter with such a heart.

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This Epistle to the Galatians is a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to the saints in the region of Galatia. The Apostle Paul declared that the gospel he believed did not originate from men. The gospel Paul believed was neither a philosophy nor a doctrine created by men. The gospel Paul believed did not come through man, but only through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Christ from the dead.
Paul stated that he earnestly desired grace and peace from God to be upon all the servants and saints who obtained salvation through the gospel given by God. In the heart of the Apostle Paul, there was an earnest desire to clearly reveal to the saints in Galatia what the gospel given by God was. He intended to clearly and unwaveringly illuminate what kind of gospel it was that God had given.

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I Give Thanks Before God
These days, about 20,000 people visit our website each day. As the number of visitors is steadily increasing, I expect that even more people will visit before long. Visits are continuing not only from the English-speaking world but also from various language spheres, and many people from the Asian region are also connecting. For all of this, I give even deeper thanks to God. Although there are sometimes discouraging things, I enjoy joy while looking at God causing the fruit of evangelism to be borne and bestowing abundant blessings upon all the ministries that have been handled by faith. This time, Bible study books are scheduled to be published. I am thankful that so many books are being published like this, and I hope to be able to put more books online as soon as possible. Thus, I believe that many souls around the world will come into contact with the gospel of water and the Spirit through our website.

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[Question] 1. Through whom was Paul’s office of apostle given?
The prologue of Galatians Chapter 1 begins with the Apostle Paul clearly nailing down the source of his office of apostle. This question is not simply about one person’s resume, but it holds great significance because it is a question about the very method by which God establishes a person as God’s worker. Let us examine the source of the apostleship spoken of in the text step by step from both the negative and positive sides.

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The gospel submitted in Jerusalem and the secret infiltration of false brothers
“Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. But from those who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do” (Galatians 2:1-10).

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The Apostle Paul says this in verse 1: “Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.” The Bible does not express Paul’s going up to Jerusalem as ‘going up to the general assembly of the early church held in Jerusalem.’ The Bible does not use such political words.
It simply said, “Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me.” What this means is that the Apostle Paul, as a missionary to the Gentiles and with the qualification as an apostle of God, took Barnabas and Titus and went up to the Jerusalem assembly.
Titus is a Hellenist. Being a Hellenist means being a Greek person. It means a Gentile, associated with the Greek language in which the New Testament was recorded. Titus is such an important figure that the Book of Titus appears in the later part of the Bible. Titus followed the Apostle Paul, was well trained in faith, and later took charge of and served a church. Whenever the Apostle Paul went to a certain church and said, “Go and solve such and such problems,” he would go, solve them, and return. So later, he was established as a church minister and was greatly used.

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