This article wants to analyze Galatians 3:1-18 in terms of plot. The author first defines his understanding of plot, followed by a survey of recent studies on Galatians 3. He supplies his own reading of this chapter in terms of "sacred space."

What comprises the exegetical matrix of the Pastoral Epistles? The author writes from the conviction that the relationship between the author of these letters and this "implied audience" provides insight into the purpose of these letters. He wants to reconstruct the rhetorical setting of the Pastoral Epistles.