Galatians 3:4

3:4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing? – if indeed it was for nothing.

Galatians 4:19

4:19 My children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you! ¹ 

Galatians 5:7

5:7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying ²  the truth?

Galatians 5:16

5:16 But I say, live ³  by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. ⁴ 

Galatians 5:25

5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with ⁵  the Spirit.

[4:19]  ¹ 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.

[5:7]  ¹ tn Or “following.” BDAG 792 s.v. πείθω 3.b states, “obey, follow w. dat. of the pers. or thing…Gal 3:1 v.l.; 5:7.”

[5:16]  ¹ tn Grk “walk” (a common NT idiom for how one conducts one’s life or how one behaves).

[5:16]  ² 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.

[5:25]  ¹ tn Or “let us also follow,” “let us also walk by.”