paul's letter is to settle an important question of that day. it is if the gentile christians must first join the jewish religion and keep the law of moses. paul says that the gentile galatians do not need to keep the old laws such as the need for circumcision, which is the removal of some skin around the male sex organ, done by jews and muslims as an act of religious obedience to god. paul says that this is no longer important since jesus has come. paul says it is not good that the community has turned from the gospel (chapter 1, verses 6–10) he says there is only one gospel and one way of being saved through faith in christ and that adding to that makes it another gospel. he talks about his early life as a jew, (chapter 1, verses 13–14), how he met christ, often called the conversion of paul, (chapter 1, verses 15–16), and his early work (chapter 1 verses 17–24). he tells about meeting with the other christian leaders in jerusalem as reported in acts chapter 15, verses 2:1–10. he says that they agreed with him that the gentiles did not need to be become practicing jews first. in chapter 2 he tells about a meeting with peter where he told peter that he was not acting properly towards the gentile christians by not eating with them. then he says that jews, like gentiles, are not made right with god by keeping the old law but by trusting in what jesus did for them when he died on the cross. later in the book he tells that the law was given to show us how sinful we are so that we would see the need for forgiveness. he says that when we love others we have fulfilled the true meaning of the law. he writes that when we have faith, god sends the holy spirit who helps us live a good life and keep from bad things. he gives a list of those bad and good actions. (chapter 5)