Our readings for the week include the last three chapters of 2 Corinthians, the book of Galatians, and the first thirteen chapters of Romans. In 2 Corinthians we have Paul's summing up of some of the trials through which he passed, and the triumph, by the grace of God, over them all. Galatians was written, evidently, to correct the difficulties into which the church had fallen on account of Judaizing teachers, that there was salvation in human doing, human works, that it was necessary for man to do something in order to save himself. The key-note to the epistle is salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, with the emphasis upon Christ. We will find that this epistle is emphasized by and parallel with Romans, which follows, altho Romans is much fuller in its argument that we are saved by faith, justified by faith, kept by faith. Only those are under the law who are transgressing the law. Those have peace who are walking in Jesus Christ, who is the personified law. As we read Romans, let us think upon the "therefores" and the "wherefores." We will find it very helpful. The first eight chapters set forth the doctrinal part of the epistle, while the practical part is set forth in the chapters which follow.
