Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians

Name: Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
Author: Martin Luther

Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German Augustinian friar and professor at Wittenberg whose protest against indulgences — the Ninety-five Theses of 1517 — ignited the Protestant Reformation. Excommunicated and outlawed, he translated the New Testament into German and wrote treatises, hymns, catechisms, and commentaries that reshaped the Western church. Our library holds his Galatians commentary, A Treatise on Good Works, his sermons, and the Ninety-five Theses themselves.

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First published: 1535
Category: Theology
Length: 86k words · about 6 hours
Chapters: 20
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 92% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

Martin Luther's great commentary on Galatians, published in 1535 from his lectures on the epistle. No book of Luther's sets out his central teaching more fully: the law exposes sin, and sinners are justified by faith in Christ alone, apart from works. Vehement, joyful, and deeply personal, it remains the classic Reformation exposition of Paul's most combative letter.