When Paul learned that this teaching had begun to penetrate the Galatian churches and that it had alienated them from their heritage of liberty, he wrote the impassioned remonstrance contained in this epistle.
Wakati Paulo aligundua kwamba mafundisho hayo yalikuwa yameanza kuingia katika makanisa ya Galatia na kwamba yalikuwa yamewatenganisha kutoka kwa urithi wao wa uhuru, aliandika ulalamikaji wenye hamaki ulio katika waraka huu.