1:2 (A) Who were the Galatians to whom Paul addressed this letter?
1:2 (A) Who were the Galatians to whom Paul addressed this letter?
Galatia was a Roman province which Paul evangelized on his first apostolic mission journey.
This letter is addressed to the churches he founded there (cp Ac 13:1-4, 13-14, 42-49). One of Galatia's major cities was Lystra, where Paul miraculously survived a near-death stoning (cp Ga 14:19-22).
Many in the church believe that Paul did die; that God raised him up as the disciples "stood around him" (cp 2Cor 1:8-10).
It was his grotesque appearance after the stoning that Paul referred to as his "infirmity of the flesh" in Ga 4:13-14 (cp Ga 4:13-14).
It was also in the Galatian churches that the first elders in scripture were appointed (cp Ac 14:21-23). See also comments on 2Cor 12:7.