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WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES, INDEXES, ETC., BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
THE OLD TESTAMENT Volumes 1–21
THE NEW TESTAMENT Volumes 22–32
Volume 29
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The Preacher’s Complete Homiletic
COMMENTARY
ON THE EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, AND I.–II. Thessalonians
By the REV. GEORGE BARLOW
Author of the Commentaries on Kings, Psalms (CXXI.—CXXX.), Lamentations, Ezekiel, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
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printed in the united states of america
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK
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THE
PREACHER’S HOMILETICAL COMMENTARY.
GALATIANS.
INTRODUCTION.
Character of the Galatians.—These people were of Celtic descent. They werethe relics of a Gaulish invasion which swept over South-eastern Europe in theearly part of the third century before Christ and poured into Asia Minor. Herethe Celtic tribes maintained themselves in independence under their nativeprinces, until a hundred years later they were subdued by the Romans. Theircountry now formed a province of the empire. They had retained much of theirancient language and manners; at the same time, they readily acquired Gree