Crossway Classic Commentaries: Galatians

by Martin Luther

Publisher:

Crossway

, 1998

Overview

For hundreds of years Christendom has been blessed with Bible commentaries written by great men of God who were highly respected for their godly work and their insight into spiritual truth. The Crossway Classic Commentary series, carefully adapted for maximum understanding and usefulness, presents the very best work on individual Bible books for today’s believers.

Ever since it was written, the Apostle Paul’s letter to the believers in Galatia has nurtured trust and assurance in Christ. Its grand themes of the superiority of Scripture over human reason, the sufficiency of Christ’s atonement through his death, and the freedom of justification through faith alone continue to energize and enlighten Christians today.

This classic commentary from Martin Luther will encourage and equip all who desire to understand, live out, and communicate the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Key Features

• Offers practical exposition on Galatians
• Includes an introduction by J. I. Packer
• Provides verse-by-verse commentary

Product Details

• Title: Crossway Classic Commentaries: Galatians
• Authors: Martin Luther
• Editors: Alister McGrath and J. I. Packer
• Series: Crossway Classic Commentaries
• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication Date: 1998
• Pages: 304

About Martin Luther

Martin Luther (1483–1546) stands as one of the most significant figures in Western history. His distinction as the father of the Protestant Reformation is augmented by his innovative use of new technology (the printing press), his translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular, and his impact upon European society. Born in 1483 to middle-class parents in Saxony, eastern Germany, he became an Augustinian monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a reformer, a husband, and father. He died in 1546 after having witnessed the birth of a renewal movement that would result in a profound shift in faith, politics, and society. He has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. His thought continues to influence all Christians and to animate the movement that bears his name.

Sample Pages from the Print Edition

Contents

Top Highlights

“The Gospel is a doctrine that condemns all sorts of human righteousness and preaches the sole righteousness of Christ. To those who accept this, it brings peace of conscience and all good things; yet the world hates and persecutes it bitterly.” (Page 26)

“Therefore, we define a Christian not as someone who has no sin, but as someone to whom God does not impute sin, through faith in Christ.” (Page 89)

“Satan does not rage against the lives and opinions of whoremongers, thieves, murderers, perjurers, rebels against God, and unbelievers. Rather, he gives them peace and quietness; he maintains them in his court, with all sorts of pleasures and delights, and gives them everything they want. In the same way, in the early days of the church, he permitted all the idolatries and false religions of the whole world to be quiet and untouched, and he maintained, defended, and nourished them. It was only the church and religion of Christ that he attacked on every side.” (Pages 16–17)

“When we have taught faith in Christ in this way, we also teach good works. Because you have laid hold on Christ by faith, and through him you are made righteous, begin now to do right things. Love God and your neighbor; call upon God; give thanks to him; praise him; confess him. These good works flow out of this faith, and this cheerfulness is conceived in the heart because we have free forgiveness of sins through Christ.” (Page 89)

“The one article of faith that I have most at heart is the faith of Christ. All my studies in divinity, by day and night, continually go back and forth from him, by him, and to him.” (Pages 14–15)

Product Details

• Title: Galatians: Crossway Classic Commentaries
• Author: Martin Luther
• Series: Crossway Classic Commentaries
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 1998
• Logos Release Date: 2004
• Era: era:reformation
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.53.18
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:28:28Z

About Martin Luther

Martin Luther (1483–1546), one of the most significant figures in Western history, was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation. Over the course of his life, Luther was a monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a Reformer, a husband, and a father.

Luther is most noted for his Ninety-Five Theses (1517), in which he argued that indulgences were not acts of penance which could replace true repentance. His refusal to retract all his writings, demanded by Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521, resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.

Luther has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. Luther’s translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular greatly influenced the church. His works continue to impact all Christians and animate the movement that bears his name. Luther’s Works (55 vols.) contains many of Luther’s writings, including commentaries, sermons, and lectures.