Galates identifies the people directly addressed as “Galatians” in a rebuke.

The attested use identifies a group addressed directly in Galatians 3:1, where the APB presents them as “foolish Galatians” before asking who had bewitched them.

1. Direct address to the Galatians · dominant

   The form Γαλάται is a masculine plural vocative, addressing the group at the opening of the rebuke in Galatians 3:1. In Galatians 3:1 the APB renders the address “O foolish Galatians!” before the question about who had bewitched them.

   Galatians 3:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Galatians 3:1, the APB presents the vocative address as “O foolish Galatians!” The verse is read as a whole, but the address corresponds plainly to the verse’s opening form.