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Near the end of Galatians Paul writes, "See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand!" What does the line tell us about how the letter was written?

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The answer

He dictated it and took the pen for the close. Up to that line a secretary had been writing down what Paul said; now Paul writes in his own hand, and he points at the difference. He points to his own handwriting again in the greeting near the end of 1 Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:21), and in Philemon 1:19, where he writes out a promise to repay.

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Why it’s interesting

Dictating to a secretary was the ordinary way to write a letter, even for the highly educated. Romans names Paul's secretary: "I Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord" (Romans 16:22).

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