Genesis 21:1-21; Galatians 4:8-3
Paul hung out with the Galatians during a time when he needed medical assistance. They were unbelievers but they gladly received him as an angel of God and even as Jesus Christ even though he was a trial to them.
Paul preached the gospel to the Galatians and they believed. but when he left them, others came in and were suggesting that Paul hadn’t told them the whole story. They flattered the Galatians and drew them away after themselves.
Paul is now appealing to them by letter to remain faithful and not re-introduce law keeping practices which are weak and worthless principles of the world; a return to a form of slavery.
Law keeping is ineffective in dealing with our sin!
Paul is in anguish over the Galatians and desperate to be with them so that he could labour again (as in giving birth to a child) to help them understand this vital truth.