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 4:17

4:17 They court you eagerly, ³  but for no good purpose; ⁴  they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. ⁵ 

Galatians 4:19

4:19 My children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you! ⁶ 

Galatians 5:16

5:16 But I say, live ⁷  by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. ⁸ 

[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.”

[4:17]  ³ tn Or “They are zealous for you.”

[4:17]  ⁴ tn Or “but not commendably” (BDAG 505 s.v. καλῶς 2).

[4:17]  ⁵ tn Or “so that you would be zealous.”

[4:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “My children, for whom I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you.” The relative clauses in English do not pick up the emotional force of Paul’s language here (note “tone of voice” in v. 20, indicating that he is passionately concerned for them); hence, the translation has been altered slightly to capture the connotative power of Paul’s plea.

[5:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “walk” (a common NT idiom for how one conducts one’s life or how one behaves).

[5:16]  ⁸ tn On the term “flesh” (once in this verse and twice in v. 17) see the note on the same word in Gal 5:13.