Well in last New Testament class we did a study on Galations and it was so great to see the book in a new light. Context is so important. It's funny at biblegateway when you do a keyword search and returns specific verses it also gives you the option to read the previous verse and next verse. That option is called "In Context." Kind of funny. Obviously there is so much more to context than just the verses next to it. It also is looking at the context of why the writer wrote the letter in the first place. In the class it was good to really try and figure out what exactly was happening in the church in Galatia. We find out that there are a group of people Paul calls "agitators" or "the circumcision group" and they have their own agenda which includes trying to get the gentiles to get circumcised. Paul is like "Oh no they DID-INT" and in chapter 5 v 12 he says "As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!" AWESOME.
Is there an appropriate picture to go with this story? haha no.
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