churches. App-186. The only Epistle addressed to a group of churches. Compare 1Co_16:1.
Galatia. See Introduction Notes. In all his other epistles Paul adds some commendatory words, "Beloved of God", Rom_1:7 "of God", 1Co_1:2; "saints", &c, Eph_1:1; Php_1:1, Php_1:1; Col_1:2 "in God", 1Th_1:1. The omission shows how great was their apostasy.