We're going to head to Paul's letter of Galatians now. As Justin had pointed out, this letter was very likely written before Paul's letters to the Thessalonians based both on the content of the letter and the order of Paul's travels.
Galatia is a region in what is modern day Turkey and there are three main cities in Galatia that Paul visited - Iconium, Lystra, Derbe. We read about these visits first in Acts 14 on Paul's first journey, after which he went to Jerusalem for the council on the topic of circumcision of Gentiles. We also read about Paul visiting them again in Acts 16 on his second journey and in Acts 18 on his third journey. So he visited the Galatian cities the most. On the first visit in Acts 14, God did great miracles, many from the towns put their trust in Jesus but also in Iconium they were going to stone Paul so he fled. Then in Lystra, they did in fact stone Paul to the point where they though that he was dead.
So Paul experienced great joy among the Galatians and great persecution and hardship as well. So let's jump in to the letter to the Galatians!
Galatia is a region in what is modern day Turkey and there are three main cities in Galatia that Paul visited - Iconium, Lystra, Derbe. We read about these visits first in Acts 14 on Paul's first journey, after which he went to Jerusalem for the council on the topic of circumcision of Gentiles. We also read about Paul visiting them again in Acts 16 on his second journey and in Acts 18 on his third journey. So he visited the Galatian cities the most. On the first visit in Acts 14, God did great miracles, many from the towns put their trust in Jesus but also in Iconium they were going to stone Paul so he fled. Then in Lystra, they did in fact stone Paul to the point where they though that he was dead.
So Paul experienced great joy among the Galatians and great persecution and hardship as well. So let's jump in to the letter to the Galatians!
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