1. What did Paul mean by the term “fourteen years after my conversion”?  How can this be understood?  What benchmark should we understand Paul to be using in reference to the 14 years? What are our options? How does this relate to Acts 11 and Acts 15?  

2. List the three parties mentioned by George who are involved in the council of Jerusalem and its decision. What is each parties distinctive contribution to the discussion?

3. List and briefly describe Paul’s three motives for his second visit to Jerusalem.

4. What interpretations are offered for the phrase “for fear that I had run my race in vain”?

5. What is so important about Titus in Paul’s argument in Galatians 2? Why did Paul take him with him? 

6. Where does circumcision first appear in Galatians? Where else is it found? Why was it special to the Israelite people historically?  What happened to circumcision during the time of the prophets?  What happened during the Maccabean period according to the literature of the period?  How did Paul’s position stir up bad thoughts for the ultra-right wing of Jewish Christianity?

7. What is “epispasmos”? What motivated a person to do this?

8. Why the fuss over Titus? How is this related to Acts 15:1? 

9. What three unusual words did Paul use to describe his opponents in Jerusalem? Where do these words originate?  Briefly discuss them.

10. List the five propositions George makes about Paul’s false brothers.

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11. Why is verse 5 of chapter 2 so important?

12. What is the purpose of 2:6?  How does it prove that Paul is not against the apostles, but rather, in agreement with them about the Gospel.

13. What three additional points does Paul make about his relationship with the leaders?

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14. List and briefly highlight the three major misunderstandings of Paul’s use of “one gospel for the Jew” and “another for the Gentiles”.

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15. What is C. K. Barrett’s understanding of why the disciples were called “pillars” in the NT? What does “pillar” refer to or mean?  How does R. D. Aus see the three pillars being used?

16. What are the two key themes in 2: 1-10? Elucidate upon your answers.

17. What three lessons can be derived from these first 10 verses of chapter 2?

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