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    Galatians 6:8 is a verse of Scripture by Paul — Carmelics
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    Galatians 6:8 is a verse of Scripture by Paul

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    • 1.Galatians appears in all major early manuscript collections and canonical lists from the 2nd century onward without dispute.
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    • 2.Paul's authorship of Galatians is affirmed by early Church Fathers like Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Origen without contradiction.
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    • 3.The letter's internal claims (1:1) explicitly identify Paul as author, consistent with authentic Pauline epistolary convention.
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    • 1.Some scholars argue linguistic and theological differences suggest Galatians was written by a Pauline school follower, not Paul himself.
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    • 2.The authorial attribution could reflect early Christian practice of assigning writings to apostles for authority rather than historical fact.
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    • 3.No external contemporaneous non-Christian sources corroborate Paul's authorship of any epistles during his lifetime.
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