Acts

Galatians 2

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. You can read all my New Testament notes in my book New Testament: Chapter by Chapter. Chapter two records yet another visit Paul made to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas and Titus (Galatians 2:1-5). The fact that Luke never mentioned Titus in Acts makes it […]

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Galatians 1

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. You can read all my New Testament notes in my book New Testament: Chapter by Chapter. Introduction Galatians is possibly the earliest letter we have from Paul. 1 Unlike most of his other letters, this was written to ā€œTHE CHURCHES OF GALATIAā€ (Galatians 1:2) rather

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2 Corinthians 12

Chapter twelve concludes Paulā€™s self-defense with his final three points. First, in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 he recounted an experience that happened ā€œfourteen years ago.ā€ He referred to himself in the third person (ā€œI know a manā€), because even in his self-defense his purpose was to point the Corinthians back to Jesus rather than to himself

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