GALATIA

GALATIA

Galatia is a place in Modern Day Turkey

Galatia

Galatia was a Roman province in the first century.

Galatia

Gomer was the founder of Galatia.

Gomer is mentioned in Ezekiel 38:6

Galatia

Galatia got its name from its inhabitants “Gauls” who inhabited the region. They spoke in Celtic language.

Galatia

Galatians worshipped a Roman god

named “Men” before Paul

preached the gospel to them.

Galatia

Octavian Augustus was the greatest emperor who ruled Galatia during

the Roman regime

Galatia

By the second century AD , due to greek cultural intrusion, the Galatians adopted

Hellenized religion and even started speaking Greek

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• Paul visited the Galatian cities of Lystra, Derbe and Iconium during his first missionary journey.

• In all the three cities, he suffered persecution. He was even stoned by the people there.

• Paul had so much burden for the people of Galatia

Ref : Acts 14th chapter

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Judean Visitors from Antioch came to Galatia and preached a false gospel that they need to be circumcised.

Ref: Acts 15:1

This infuriates Paul to write the epistle to the Galatians

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• Now please read the six chapters of Galatians.• You will have a better grasp of the Epistle.

A Research presentation by Prason Christopher Robin.