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Galatia

Facts

In New Testament times, Galatia was a Roman province located in the central part of what is now the present-day country of Turkey.

  • The apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Christians who lived in the province of Galatia. This letter is the New Testament book called Galatians.
  • The Gentile Christians in Galatia were being influenced by the Jewish Christians there to keep some of the Jewish laws.
  • One reason that Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians was to emphasize again the gospel of salvation by grace, not by works.