STRUCTURAL OUTLINE OF THE TEXT OF GALATIANS1
last revised: 3/24/00
HEADING:
Core Statement:
Scripture Text:
PRESCRIPTIO
1.1-5
Superscriptio
1.1-2a
Adscriptio
1.2b
Salutatio
1.3-5
PROPOSITIO2
(PROEM) 1-7
1.6-10
BODY
8-192
1.11-6.10
Narratio
8-52
1.11-2.21
Thesis
8-11
1.11-12
Evidences
12-52
1.13-2.21
1
12-16
1.13-17
2
17-20
1.18-20
3
21-24
1.21-24
4
25-35
2.1-10
5
36-41
2.11-14
Conclusion
42-52
2.15-21
Probatio
53-139
3.1-4.31
Conversion (1)
53-59
3.1-5
Abraham (2)
60-69
3.6-14
Law
(3)
70-78
3.15-18
Excursus A
79-89
3.19-25
Baptism (4)
90-104
3.26-4.7
Experience (5)
105-108
4:8-11
Friendship (6)
109-121
4.12-20
Allegory (7)
122-139
4:21-31
Exhortatio
140-191
5.1-6.10
Admonition 1
140-159
5.1-12
Admonition 2
160-173
5.13-24
Admonition 3
174-191
5.25-6.10
CONCLUSIO
192-204
6.11-18
Seal
192
6.11
Synopsis
193-201
6.12-16
Request
202-203
6.17
Benediction
204
6.18
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1Taken from Lorin L. Cranford, A Study
Manual on the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians: Greek Text, (Scripta
Publishing) 1988, rev. ed. 1991. The Core Statements refer to the block
diagram of the Greek text of Galatians in this volume.
2Some scholars are convinced the appropriate
rhetorical term here is Exordium, rather than Propositio.