Adoption Into The Canon
ADOPTION INTO THE CANON
Galatians was accepted from very early days. There seem to be reminiscences of expressions from this letter in Barnabas, 1 Clement, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, and other early writers. No dispute about its genuineness seems to have arisen in early times. Burton’s verdict is to be endorsed: "There is no other letter which has any better claim to be regarded as [Paul’s] work than Galatians.” 23 It appears first in some lists of the Pauline Epistles (as Marcion’s), which points to a recognition of its importance as well as its authenticity.