Galatians 2:3

2:3 Yet ¹  not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

Galatians 4:29

4:29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent ²  persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, ³  so it is now.

Galatians 3:12

3:12 But the law is not based on faith, ⁴  but the one who does the works of the law ⁵  will live by them. ⁶ 

Galatians 4:23

4:23 But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, ⁷  while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

Galatians 2:14

2:14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas ⁸  in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force ⁹  the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Galatians 3:16

3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. ¹⁰  Scripture ¹¹  does not say, “and to the descendants,” ¹²  referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” ¹³  referring to one, who is Christ.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “But,” translated here as “Yet” for stylistic reasons (note the use of “but” in v. 2).

[4:29]  ² tn Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in 4:23.

[4:29]  ³ tn Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”

[3:12]  ³ tn Grk “is not from faith.”

[3:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “who does these things”; the referent (the works of the law, see 3:5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:12]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Lev 18:5. The phrase the works of the law is an editorial expansion on the Greek text (see previous note); it has been left as normal typeface to indicate it is not part of the OT text.

[4:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “born according to the flesh”; BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4 has “Of natural descent τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκός children by natural descent Ro 9:8 (opp. τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας). ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται Gal 4:23; cp. vs. 29.”

[2:14]  ⁵ sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211).

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Here ἀναγκάζεις (anankazei") has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).

[3:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “his seed,” a figurative extension of the meaning of σπέρμα (sperma) to refer to descendants (L&N 10.29).

[3:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “It”; the referent (the scripture) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The understood subject of the verb λέγει (legei) could also be “He” (referring to God) as the one who spoke the promise to Abraham.

[3:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “to seeds.” See the note on “descendant” earlier in this verse. Here the term is plural; the use of the singular in the OT text cited later in this verse is crucial to Paul’s argument.

[3:16]  ⁹ tn See the note on “descendant” earlier in this verse.