Galatians 1:20

1:20 I assure you ¹  that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you! ² 

Galatians 2:19

2:19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

Galatians 4:4

4:4 But when the appropriate time ³  had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Galatians 4:8

Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law

4:8 Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. ⁴ 

Galatians 6:16

6:16 And all who will behave ⁵  in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. ⁶ 

[1:20]  ¹ tn Grk “behold.”

[1:20]  ² tn Grk “What things I am writing to you, behold, before God [that] I am not lying.”

[4:4]  ³ tn Grk “the fullness of time” (an idiom for the totality of a period of time, with the implication of proper completion; see L&N 67.69).

[4:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “those that by nature…” with the word “beings” implied. BDAG 1070 s.v. φύσις 2 sees this as referring to pagan worship: “Polytheists worship…beings that are by nature no gods at all Gal 4:8.”

[6:16]  ⁷ tn The same Greek verb, στοιχέω (stoicew), occurs in Gal 5:25.

[6:16]  ⁸ tn The word “and” (καί) can be interpreted in two ways: (1) It could be rendered as “also” which would indicate that two distinct groups are in view, namely “all who will behave in accordance with this rule” and “the Israel of God.” Or (2) it could be rendered “even,” which would indicate that “all who behave in accordance with this rule” are “the Israel of God.” In other words, in this latter view, “even” = “that is.”