Galatians 2:6

2:6 But from those who were influential ¹  (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people ² ) – those influential leaders ³  added ⁴  nothing to my message. ⁵ 

Galatians 3:11

3:11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. ⁶ 

Galatians 3:15

Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law

3:15 Brothers and sisters, ⁷  I offer an example from everyday life: ⁸  When a covenant ⁹  has been ratified, ¹⁰  even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

Galatians 4:1

4:1 Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, ¹¹  is no different from a slave, though he is the owner ¹²  of everything.

Galatians 4:12

4:12 I beg you, brothers and sisters, ¹³  become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

Galatians 5:2

5:2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

Galatians 5:10

5:10 I am confident ¹⁴  in the Lord that you will accept no other view. ¹⁵  But the one who is confusing ¹⁶  you will pay the penalty, ¹⁷  whoever he may be.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “influential leaders.” BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.a.β has “the influential men Gal 2:2, 6b. A fuller expr. w. the same mng., w. inf. added…vss. 6a, 9.” This refers to the leadership of the Jerusalem church.

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “God does not receive the face of man,” an idiom for showing favoritism or partiality (BDAG 887-88 s.v. πρόσωπον 1.b.α; L&N 88.238).

[2:6]  ³ tn Or “influential people”; here “leaders” was used rather than “people” for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy with the word “people” in the previous parenthetical remark. See also the note on the word “influential” at the beginning of this verse.

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Or “contributed.” This is the same word translated “go to ask advice from” in 1:16, but it has a different meaning here; see L&N 59.72.

[2:6]  ⁵ tn Or “added nothing to my authority.” Grk “added nothing to me,” with what was added (“message,” etc.) implied.

[3:11]  ⁶ tn Or “The one who is righteous by faith will live” (a quotation from Hab 2:4).

[3:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[3:15]  ¹² tn Grk “I speak according to man,” referring to the illustration that follows.

[3:15]  ¹³ tn The same Greek word, διαθήκη (diaqhkh), can mean either “covenant” or “will,” but in this context the former is preferred here because Paul is discussing in vv. 16-18 the Abrahamic covenant.

[3:15]  ¹⁴ tn Or “has been put into effect.”

[4:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “a small child.” The Greek term νήπιος (nhpios) refers to a young child, no longer a helpless infant but probably not more than three or four years old (L&N 9.43). The point in context, though, is that this child is too young to take any responsibility for the management of his assets.

[4:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “master” or “lord” (κύριος, kurios).

[4:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[5:10]  ²⁶ tn The verb translated “I am confident” (πέποιθα, pepoiqa) comes from the same root in Greek as the words translated “obey” (πείθεσθαι, peiqesqai) in v. 7 and “persuasion” (πεισμονή, peismonh) in v. 8.

[5:10]  ²⁷ tn Grk “that you will think nothing otherwise.”

[5:10]  ²⁸ tn Or “is stirring you up”; Grk “is troubling you.” In context Paul is referring to the confusion and turmoil caused by those who insist that Gentile converts to Christianity must observe the Mosaic law.

[5:10]  ²⁹ tn Or “will suffer condemnation” (L&N 90.80); Grk “will bear his judgment.” The translation “must pay the penalty” is given as an explanatory gloss on the phrase by BDAG 171 s.v. βαστάζω 2.b.β.