Galatians — Group study guide
Leader version
6 chapters · 91 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
- Galatians 116 questions
- Galatians 214 questions
- Galatians 319 questions
- Galatians 417 questions
- Galatians 514 questions
- Galatians 611 questions
Galatians 1 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 1 (KJV)
1. By whom was Paul made an apostle?
Galatians 1:1
- A. By the apostles at Jerusalem
- B. By Jesus Christ, and God the Father
- C. By the church at Antioch
- D. By the high priest
Correct answer: B. By Jesus Christ, and God the Father
Jesus Christ, and God the Father.
Galatians 1:1
2. What did Jesus do to deliver us from this present evil world?
Galatians 1:4
- A. He wrote a new law
- B. He gathered an army
- C. He gave himself for our sins
- D. He destroyed the temple
Correct answer: C. He gave himself for our sins
He gave himself.
Galatians 1:4
3. What did Paul marvel at concerning the Galatians?
Galatians 1:6
- A. Their generosity
- B. Their wisdom
- C. Their growth
- D. That they were so soon removed from him that called them
Correct answer: D. That they were so soon removed from him that called them
That they were removed from him that called them.
Galatians 1:6
4. What did some want to pervert?
Galatians 1:7
- A. The gospel of Christ
- B. The law of Moses
- C. The customs of the Galatians
- D. Peter's letters
Correct answer: A. The gospel of Christ
The gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:7
5. Could an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto us?
Galatians 1:8
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 1:8
6. If a man pleases men, whose servant is he not?
Galatians 1:10
- A. Caesar's
- B. Christ's
- C. The law's
- D. The elders'
Correct answer: B. Christ's
Christ's.
Galatians 1:10
7. How did Paul receive the gospel?
Galatians 1:12
- A. From Peter at Jerusalem
- B. In the school of Gamaliel
- C. By the revelation of Jesus Christ
- D. From Barnabas at Antioch
Correct answer: C. By the revelation of Jesus Christ
By the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:12
8. What did Paul persecute when he was in the Jews' religion?
Galatians 1:13
- A. The Romans
- B. The Samaritans
- C. The Greeks
- D. The church of God
Correct answer: D. The church of God
The church of God.
Galatians 1:13
9. How did Paul profit in the Jews' religion above many of his equals?
Galatians 1:14
- A. He was more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of his fathers
- B. He was richer
- C. He was stronger
- D. He was a priest
Correct answer: A. He was more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of his fathers
He was more zealous of the traditions of the fathers.
Galatians 1:14
10. From when did God separate Paul?
Galatians 1:15
- A. From his conversion
- B. From his mother's womb
- C. From when he studied the law
- D. From when he came to Jerusalem
Correct answer: B. From his mother's womb
From his mother's womb.
Galatians 1:15
11. After Christ was revealed to him, with whom did Paul confer?
Galatians 1:16
- A. With Peter
- B. With the elders at Jerusalem
- C. He conferred with no one
- D. With Ananias
Correct answer: C. He conferred with no one
He conferred with no one.
Galatians 1:16
12. After receiving the revelation of Christ, where did Paul go first?
Galatians 1:17
- A. To Jerusalem
- B. To Rome
- C. To Tarsus
- D. Into Arabia
Correct answer: D. Into Arabia
Arabia.
Galatians 1:17
13. Whom did Paul go to see at Jerusalem?
Galatians 1:18
- A. Peter
- B. John
- C. Thomas
- D. Philip
Correct answer: A. Peter
Peter.
Galatians 1:18
14. Whom does Paul mention as the Lord's brother?
Galatians 1:19
- A. John
- B. James
- C. Peter
- D. Barnabas
Correct answer: B. James
James.
Galatians 1:19
15. The churches of what region did not know Paul by face?
Galatians 1:22
- A. Galatia
- B. Syria
- C. Judaea
- D. Cilicia
Correct answer: C. Judaea
Judaea.
Galatians 1:22
16. Why did the brethren glorify God because of Paul?
Galatians 1:23-24
- A. Because he had healed many
- B. Because he was rich
- C. Because he had written many letters
- D. Because he who once persecuted them now preached the faith
Correct answer: D. Because he who once persecuted them now preached the faith
Because he which once destroyed the church now preached the faith.
Galatians 1:23-24
Notes
Galatians 2 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 2 (KJV)
1. Fourteen years later, with whom did Paul go up again to Jerusalem?
Galatians 2:1
- A. With Barnabas and Titus
- B. With Silas and Timothy
- C. With Luke and Mark
- D. With Peter and John
Correct answer: A. With Barnabas and Titus
Barnabas and Titus.
Galatians 2:1
2. According to what did Paul go up again to Jerusalem?
Galatians 2:2
- A. By order of the apostles
- B. By revelation
- C. By the law of the feasts
- D. By the counsel of Barnabas
Correct answer: B. By revelation
By revelation.
Galatians 2:2
3. What nationality was Titus?
Galatians 2:3
- A. A Jew
- B. A Roman
- C. A Greek
- D. An Egyptian
Correct answer: C. A Greek
A Greek.
Galatians 2:3
4. Into what did the false brethren want to bring Paul and his companions?
Galatians 2:4
- A. Poverty
- B. Silence
- C. Prison
- D. Bondage
Correct answer: D. Bondage
Into bondage.
Galatians 2:4
5. Who preached to the uncircumcision, and who to the circumcision?
Galatians 2:7
- A. Paul to the uncircumcision, and Peter to the circumcision
- B. Peter to the uncircumcision, and Paul to the circumcision
- C. Barnabas to the uncircumcision, and John to the circumcision
- D. Titus to the uncircumcision, and James to the circumcision
Correct answer: A. Paul to the uncircumcision, and Peter to the circumcision
Paul to the uncircumcision and Peter to the circumcision.
Galatians 2:7
6. Why did James, Cephas and John give Paul the right hands of fellowship?
Galatians 2:9
- A. Because he was very rich
- B. Because they perceived the grace that was given unto him
- C. Because he was of the tribe of Benjamin
- D. Because he had studied with Gamaliel
Correct answer: B. Because they perceived the grace that was given unto him
They perceived the grace he had received.
Galatians 2:9
7. Whom did they ask Paul to remember?
Galatians 2:10
- A. The priests
- B. The elders
- C. The poor
- D. The soldiers
Correct answer: C. The poor
The poor.
Galatians 2:10
8. Which apostle did Paul say was to be blamed?
Galatians 2:11
- A. John
- B. James
- C. Barnabas
- D. Peter
Correct answer: D. Peter
Peter.
Galatians 2:11
9. What did Paul do with that apostle?
Galatians 2:11
- A. He withstood him to the face
- B. He wrote him a letter
- C. He accused him before the elders
- D. He left him for good
Correct answer: A. He withstood him to the face
He withstood him to the face.
Galatians 2:11
10. Why did Peter withdraw from eating with the Gentiles?
Galatians 2:12
- A. Because he was fasting
- B. Because he feared them of the circumcision
- C. Because the food was unclean
- D. Because Paul asked him to
Correct answer: B. Because he feared them of the circumcision
Because he feared them which were of the circumcision.
Galatians 2:12
11. Who was carried away with the others' dissimulation?
Galatians 2:13
- A. Titus
- B. John
- C. Barnabas
- D. James
Correct answer: C. Barnabas
Barnabas.
Galatians 2:13
12. Were Jews by nature counted sinners as the Gentiles were?
Galatians 2:15
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Galatians 2:15
13. Who is justified by the works of the law?
Galatians 2:16
- A. The Pharisees
- B. The Levites
- C. The circumcised
- D. No one
Correct answer: D. No one
No one.
Galatians 2:16
14. When a Jew seeks to be justified by Christ, is he found a sinner even though he is a Jew?
Galatians 2:17
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 2:17
Notes
Galatians 3 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 3 (KJV)
1. Can a Christian be bewitched?
Galatians 3:1
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 3:1
2. By what is the Spirit received: by the works of the law, or by faith?
Galatians 3:2
- A. By the works of the law
- B. By the hearing of faith
Correct answer: B. By the hearing of faith
By the faith with which we receive the message.
Galatians 3:2
3. The Galatians began in the Spirit, but how did they want to finish?
Galatians 3:3
- A. By faith
- B. By grace
- C. By the flesh
- D. By prayer
Correct answer: C. By the flesh
In the flesh.
Galatians 3:3
4. Why was Abraham justified?
Galatians 3:6
- A. Because he was circumcised
- B. Because he offered sacrifices
- C. Because he was rich
- D. Because he believed God
Correct answer: D. Because he believed God
Because he believed God.
Galatians 3:6
5. We are the children of Abraham if we live by what?
Galatians 3:7
- A. By faith
- B. By the law
- C. By circumcision
- D. By lineage
Correct answer: A. By faith
By faith.
Galatians 3:7
6. What gospel was preached before unto Abraham?
Galatians 3:8
- A. That he would be king of Egypt
- B. That in him all nations would be blessed
- C. That he would live a thousand years
- D. That he would never have enemies
Correct answer: B. That in him all nations would be blessed
That in him all nations would be blessed.
Galatians 3:8
7. Under what are all those who are of the works of the law?
Galatians 3:10
- A. Under grace
- B. Under blessing
- C. Under the curse
- D. Under promise
Correct answer: C. Under the curse
Under the curse.
Galatians 3:10
8. By what shall the just live?
Galatians 3:11
- A. By the law
- B. By works
- C. By circumcision
- D. By faith
Correct answer: D. By faith
Faith.
Galatians 3:11
9. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made what?
Galatians 3:13
- A. A curse for us
- B. King of Israel
- C. High priest
- D. A prophet
Correct answer: A. A curse for us
A curse for us.
Galatians 3:13
10. If Jesus had not been made a curse for us, would we have inherited the blessing of Abraham?
Galatians 3:14
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Galatians 3:14
11. Who is Abraham's seed?
Galatians 3:16
- A. Isaac
- B. Christ
- C. Ishmael
- D. Moses
Correct answer: B. Christ
Christ.
Galatians 3:16
12. How many years after the covenant with Abraham did the law come?
Galatians 3:17
- A. Forty
- B. Four hundred and thirty
- C. Seventy
- D. A thousand
Correct answer: B. Four hundred and thirty
Four hundred and thirty years after (430).
Galatians 3:17
13. Can the law given to Moses give life?
Galatians 3:21
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Galatians 3:21
14. Before faith came, under what were we kept?
Galatians 3:23
- A. Under grace
- B. Under the law
- C. Under the temple
- D. Under the earth
Correct answer: B. Under the law
Under the law.
Galatians 3:23
15. After faith is come, are we still under a schoolmaster (the law)?
Galatians 3:25
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Galatians 3:25
16. By what are we all the children of God?
Galatians 3:26
- A. By the law
- B. By circumcision
- C. By faith in Christ Jesus
- D. By descent from Abraham
Correct answer: C. By faith in Christ Jesus
By faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26
17. Having been baptized into Christ, what have we put on?
Galatians 3:27
- A. The law
- B. White raiment
- C. Power
- D. Christ
Correct answer: D. Christ
Christ.
Galatians 3:27
18. In Christ, are male and female one?
Galatians 3:28
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 3:28
19. If we are Christ's, according to what are we heirs?
Galatians 3:29
- A. According to the promise
- B. According to the law
- C. According to the flesh
- D. According to tradition
Correct answer: A. According to the promise
The promise.
Galatians 3:29
Notes
Galatians 4 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 4 (KJV)
1. As long as the heir is a child, from whom does he differ nothing?
Galatians 4:1
- A. From his father
- B. From a servant
- C. From a king
- D. From a stranger
Correct answer: B. From a servant
From a servant.
Galatians 4:1
2. Under whom is the heir while he is a child?
Galatians 4:2
- A. Under the priests
- B. Under soldiers
- C. Under tutors and governors
- D. Under the judges
Correct answer: C. Under tutors and governors
Under tutors and governors.
Galatians 4:2
3. When we were children, under what were we in bondage?
Galatians 4:3
- A. Under grace
- B. Under the Spirit
- C. Under the promise
- D. Under the elements of the world
Correct answer: D. Under the elements of the world
The elements of the world.
Galatians 4:3
4. Was Jesus made under the law or under grace?
Galatians 4:4
- A. Under the law
- B. Under grace
Correct answer: A. Under the law
Under the law.
Galatians 4:4
5. What does the Spirit of his Son in us cause us to cry?
Galatians 4:6
- A. Hosanna!
- B. Abba, Father!
- C. Hallelujah!
- D. Maranatha!
Correct answer: B. Abba, Father!
To cry Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:6
6. Being sons and no longer servants, what else are we?
Galatians 4:7
- A. Servants
- B. Strangers
- C. Heirs
- D. Judges
Correct answer: C. Heirs
Heirs.
Galatians 4:7
7. When we knew not God, whom did we serve?
Galatians 4:8
- A. The angels
- B. The prophets
- C. Caesar
- D. Them which by nature are no gods
Correct answer: D. Them which by nature are no gods
Them which are no gods.
Galatians 4:8
8. Was Paul ever sick?
Galatians 4:13
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 4:13
9. In what part of the body do you think Paul suffered his infirmity?
Galatians 4:15
- A. In his eyes
- B. In his legs
- C. In his hands
- D. In his ears
Correct answer: A. In his eyes
It was in his eyes.
Galatians 4:15
10. Can a person become someone's enemy by telling him the truth?
Galatians 4:16
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Galatians 4:16
11. What kind of pains did Paul suffer for the Galatians?
Galatians 4:19
- A. Headaches
- B. Birth pains
- C. Pains of death
- D. Hunger pains
Correct answer: B. Birth pains
Birth pains.
Galatians 4:19
12. Were both of Abraham's sons sons of the freewoman?
Galatians 4:22
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No, one was by the freewoman and the other by the bondmaid.
Galatians 4:22
13. By what was the son of the freewoman born?
Galatians 4:23
- A. After the flesh
- B. By the law
- C. By promise
- D. By custom
Correct answer: C. By promise
By promise.
Galatians 4:23
14. In the allegory, what does the son of the bondwoman represent?
Galatians 4:24
- A. Grace
- B. The promise
- C. Jerusalem which is above
- D. The law
Correct answer: D. The law
The law.
Galatians 4:24
15. Where is mount Sinai?
Galatians 4:25
- A. In Arabia
- B. In Galatia
- C. In Judaea
- D. In Greece
Correct answer: A. In Arabia
Arabia.
Galatians 4:25
16. What was the name of the child of promise?
Galatians 4:28
- A. Ishmael
- B. Isaac
- C. Jacob
- D. Esau
Correct answer: B. Isaac
Isaac.
Galatians 4:28
17. He that was born after the flesh, whom did he persecute?
Galatians 4:29
- A. His father
- B. His mother
- C. Him that was born after the Spirit
- D. The Gentiles
Correct answer: C. Him that was born after the Spirit
Him that is born of the Spirit.
Galatians 4:29
Notes
Galatians 5 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 5 (KJV)
1. For what has Christ made us free?
Galatians 5:1
- A. So that we keep the law
- B. So that we become rich
- C. So that we may rule
- D. For liberty, not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage
Correct answer: D. For liberty, not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage
That we may live in liberty and no longer in bondage.
Galatians 5:1
2. What is he that is circumcised a debtor to do?
Galatians 5:3
- A. To do the whole law
- B. To pay tithes
- C. To go to Jerusalem
- D. To fast
Correct answer: A. To do the whole law
To do the whole law.
Galatians 5:3
3. Those who seek to be justified by the law are cut off from whom?
Galatians 5:4
- A. From Moses
- B. From Christ
- C. From Abraham
- D. From the apostles
Correct answer: B. From Christ
From Christ.
Galatians 5:4
4. What avails is faith which worketh by what?
Galatians 5:6
- A. The law
- B. Circumcision
- C. Love
- D. Fear
Correct answer: C. Love
Love.
Galatians 5:6
5. What did the hindrance the Galatians received bring about?
Galatians 5:7
- A. That they gave no offerings
- B. That they did not gather together
- C. That they fell sick
- D. That they did not obey the truth
Correct answer: D. That they did not obey the truth
That they did not obey the truth.
Galatians 5:7
6. What does a little leaven do?
Galatians 5:9
- A. Leaveneth the whole lump
- B. Sweetens the bread
- C. Hardens the dough
- D. Nothing
Correct answer: A. Leaveneth the whole lump
Leaveneth the whole lump.
Galatians 5:9
7. What strong expression did Paul use against those who troubled the Galatians?
Galatians 5:12
- A. May they be rich!
- B. I would they were even cut off!
- C. Let them go back to Jerusalem!
- D. May they be forgiven!
Correct answer: B. I would they were even cut off!
That they were cut off.
Galatians 5:12
8. We have been called unto liberty, but we must not use it for an occasion to what?
Galatians 5:13
- A. To the Spirit
- B. To love
- C. To the flesh
- D. To service
Correct answer: C. To the flesh
To the flesh.
Galatians 5:13
9. All the law is fulfilled in one word. Which?
Galatians 5:14
- A. Keep the sabbath day
- B. Thou shalt not steal
- C. Honour thy father
- D. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
Correct answer: D. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians 5:14
10. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil what?
Galatians 5:16
- A. The lust of the flesh
- B. Your neighbour
- C. The law
- D. The elders
Correct answer: A. The lust of the flesh
The lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16
11. Against what does the flesh lust?
Galatians 5:17
- A. Against the law
- B. Against the Spirit
- C. Against the world
- D. Against the body
Correct answer: B. Against the Spirit
Against the desire of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:17
12. Are adultery, hatred, emulations, drunkenness and envyings works of the flesh?
Galatians 5:19-21
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes, they are works of the flesh.
Galatians 5:19-21
13. Which of these lists contains parts of the fruit of the Spirit?
Galatians 5:22-23
- A. Emulations, wrath and strife
- B. Fame, riches and power
- C. Love, joy and peace
- D. Knowledge, eloquence and strength
Correct answer: C. Love, joy and peace
Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, faith, goodness, meekness, temperance.
Galatians 5:22-23
14. What have they that are Christ's crucified?
Galatians 5:24
- A. Their enemies
- B. The law
- C. The whole world
- D. The flesh with the affections and lusts
Correct answer: D. The flesh with the affections and lusts
The flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 5:24
Notes
Galatians 6 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Galatians 6 (KJV)
1. In what spirit should we restore one who is overtaken in a fault?
Galatians 6:1
- A. In the spirit of meekness
- B. With anger
- C. With mockery
- D. With indifference
Correct answer: A. In the spirit of meekness
Meekness.
Galatians 6:1
2. How is the law of Christ fulfilled?
Galatians 6:2
- A. By offering sacrifices
- B. By bearing one another's burdens
- C. By keeping the feasts
- D. By fasting twice a week
Correct answer: B. By bearing one another's burdens
By bearing one another's burdens.
Galatians 6:2
3. What does a man do who thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing?
Galatians 6:3
- A. He builds others up
- B. He humbles himself
- C. He deceiveth himself
- D. He earns respect
Correct answer: C. He deceiveth himself
He deceives himself.
Galatians 6:3
4. What shall every man bear?
Galatians 6:5
- A. His neighbour's burden
- B. The offerings
- C. The law
- D. His own burden
Correct answer: D. His own burden
His own burden.
Galatians 6:5
5. What should he that is taught in the word do with him that teacheth?
Galatians 6:6
- A. Communicate unto him in all good things
- B. Judge him
- C. Ignore him
- D. Compete with him
Correct answer: A. Communicate unto him in all good things
All good things with him that teacheth.
Galatians 6:6
6. God is not mocked; on what principle is this based?
Galatians 6:7
- A. That God does not see
- B. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap
- C. That the law was abolished
- D. That everyone will be forgiven
Correct answer: B. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap
On sowing and reaping.
Galatians 6:7
7. What shall he that soweth to his flesh reap?
Galatians 6:8
- A. Life everlasting
- B. Riches
- C. Corruption
- D. Peace
Correct answer: C. Corruption
Corruption.
Galatians 6:8
8. What must we do if we want to reap in due season?
Galatians 6:9
- A. Wait without working
- B. Sow only once
- C. Ask others to sow
- D. Not be weary in well doing, and faint not
Correct answer: D. Not be weary in well doing, and faint not
Do well and faint not.
Galatians 6:9
9. To whom especially should we do good?
Galatians 6:10
- A. Unto them who are of the household of faith
- B. To the rich
- C. To rulers
- D. To those who pay us
Correct answer: A. Unto them who are of the household of faith
Unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10
10. What avails before God?
Galatians 6:15
- A. Circumcision
- B. A new creature
- C. Uncircumcision
- D. Lineage
Correct answer: B. A new creature
The new creature.
Galatians 6:15
11. What did Paul bear in his body?
Galatians 6:17
- A. A crown
- B. A seal of Rome
- C. The marks of the Lord Jesus
- D. A gold chain
Correct answer: C. The marks of the Lord Jesus
The marks or scars of Jesus.
Galatians 6:17