Galatians 6:11 - Homiletics

A personal postscript,

"Ye see in what large letters I write with mine own hand." There is a mystery about these large characters. It is conjectured that they may have been due to age, or to infirmity, or to weakness of eyes, or to the want of habit in writing Greek. But it is more interesting to see that, unlike other Epistles, which were written by an amanuensis, this one was written entirely with his own hand.

I. TO SHOW HIS LOVE FOR THE GALATIANS . The autograph would be a precious possession to them. It is the largest Epistle he ever wrote with his own band.

II. TO PREVENT IMPOSTURE . Letters were sometimes forged in his name ( 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:17 ). But his handwriting, being probably already known to them, would prevent misunderstanding as to the authorship.

III. TO GIVE GREATER WEIGHT TO THE EPISTLE . It showed his profound anxiety on their account at a most critical moment.