The Galatians from this passage I have just read, are actually the group of early Celtic Christians who settled in the area now known as Turkey. Paul the apostle, wrote this book, Epistle to the Galatians, originally as a letter to the Galatians. It is known that Paul was the creator of the churches of Galatia and was responsible for the alteration from Paganism to Christianity within that area. The primary copy of this letter was not found but a similar copy was located in 200AD. The original copy is said to have been written sometime during 50AD, a significant time for Christianity as Jesus had only died around 20 years prior and there was already a large flow of conversions from other religions to Christianity.
In any case, the people that Paul was addressing were new Christians who had converted from Paganism but were now being tempted by other missionaries to add parts of the Jewish law to the cross of Christ as a way to salvation. Since Paul had visited, a different interpretation of Christianity had been brought to the people by converts …show more content…
In verses 14-15 he continues this theme, stating that the law is followed by loving your neighbour and doing the opposite will only lead to destruction. Paul’s mission through his texts was to try and spread Christianity through the various tribes and empires in Western Europe. In particular, he wrote Galatians 5:13-26 to illustrate that everyone who chooses to follow Christ are members of a larger, grander community, which were the Galatians at the time. Paul wrote this message to demonstrate how the cultural and social behaviours were like through the list of sins that he says not to commit by following the freedom of the Spirit, so that the people would truly understand the meanings to his messages. Through the text we can see the time-period and location of the people this message was intended