Galatians, << guh LAY shuhnz, >> Epistle to the, is the ninth book of the New Testament. It is a letter from the apostle Paul to the churches in the Roman province of Galatia (in what is now central Turkey) and was written in about A.D. 53.
Paul wrote the letter to counteract the influence of other apostles who had traveled to Galatia after Paul had left. These apostles taught the Galatians that they should observe the Jewish law. In his letter, Paul strongly rejected this teaching. He did this in part by arguing that he himself was a true apostle, appointed by God. He also argued that the Jewish law was temporary and was intended to come to an end with the arrival of Jesus Christ.
