Galatians 3:4

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

Galatians 5:21

5:21 envying, ¹  murder, ²  drunkenness, carousing, ³  and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

Galatians 2:10

2:10 They requested ⁴  only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

Galatians 2:18

2:18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, ⁵  I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. ⁶ 

Galatians 3:7

3:7 so then, understand ⁷  that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. ⁸ 

Galatians 5:23

5:23 gentleness, and ⁹  self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:17

5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires ¹⁰  that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to ¹¹  each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Galatians 3:2

3:2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law ¹²  or by believing what you heard? ¹³ 

Galatians 6:7

6:7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. ¹⁴  For a person ¹⁵  will reap what he sows,

Galatians 6:16

6:16 And all who will behave ¹⁶  in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. ¹⁷ 

Galatians 4:24

4:24 These things may be treated as an allegory, ¹⁸  for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

Galatians 6:12

6:12 Those who want to make a good showing in external matters ¹⁹  are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so ²⁰  only to avoid being persecuted ²¹  for the cross of Christ.

Galatians 3:17

3:17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, ²²  so as to invalidate the promise.

Galatians 6:1

Support One Another

6:1 Brothers and sisters, ²³  if a person ²⁴  is discovered in some sin, ²⁵  you who are spiritual ²⁶  restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. ²⁷  Pay close attention ²⁸  to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

[5:21]  ¹ tn This term is plural in Greek (as is “murder” and “carousing”), but for clarity these abstract nouns have been translated as singular.

[5:21]  ² tc ‡ φόνοι (fonoi, “murders”) is absent in such important mss as Ì⁴⁶ א B 33 81 323 945 pc sa, while the majority of mss (A C D F G Ψ 0122 0278 1739 1881 Ï lat) have the word. Although the pedigree of the mss which lack the term is of the highest degree, homoioteleuton may well explain the shorter reading. The preceding word has merely one letter difference, making it quite possible to overlook this term (φθόνοι φόνοι, fqonoi fonoi).

[5:21]  ³ tn Or “revelings,” “orgies” (L&N 88.287).

[2:10]  ¹ tn Grk “only that we remember the poor”; the words “They requested” have been supplied from the context to make a complete English sentence.

[2:18]  ¹ tn Or “once tore down.”

[2:18]  ² tn Traditionally, “that I am a transgressor.”

[3:7]  ¹ tn Grk “know.”

[3:7]  ² tn The phrase “sons of Abraham” is used here in a figurative sense to describe people who are connected to a personality, Abraham, by close nonmaterial ties. It is this personality that has defined the relationship and its characteristics (BDAG 1024-25 s.v. υἱός 2.c.α).

[5:23]  ¹ tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series.

[5:17]  ¹ tn The words “has desires” do not occur in the Greek text a second time, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.

[5:17]  ² tn Or “are hostile toward” (L&N 39.1).

[3:2]  ¹ tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law,” a reference to observing the Mosaic law.

[3:2]  ² tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith.”

[6:7]  ¹ tn Or “is not mocked,” “will not be ridiculed” (L&N 33.409). BDAG 660 s.v. μυκτηρίζω has “of God οὐ μ. he is not to be mocked, treated w. contempt, perh. outwitted Gal 6:7.”

[6:7]  ² tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[6:16]  ¹ tn The same Greek verb, στοιχέω (stoicew), occurs in Gal 5:25.

[6:16]  ² 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.”

[4:24]  ¹ tn Grk “which things are spoken about allegorically.” Paul is not saying the OT account is an allegory, but rather that he is constructing an allegory based on the OT account.

[6:12]  ¹ tn Grk “in the flesh.” L&N 88.236 translates the phrase “those who force you to be circumcised are those who wish to make a good showing in external matters.”

[6:12]  ² tn Grk “to be circumcised, only.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with the words “They do so,” which were supplied to make a complete English sentence.

[6:12]  ³ tc ‡ Grk “so that they will not be persecuted.” The indicative after ἵνα μή (Jina mh) is unusual (though not unexampled elsewhere in the NT), making it the harder reading. The evidence is fairly evenly split between the indicative διώκονται (diwkontai; Ì⁴⁶ A C F G K L P 0278 6 81 104 326 629 1175 1505 pm) and the subjunctive διώκωνται (diwkwntai; א B D Ψ 33 365 1739 pm), with a slight preference for the subjunctive. However, since scribes would tend to change the indicative to a subjunctive due to syntactical requirements, the internal evidence is decidedly on the side of the indicative, suggesting that it is original.

[3:17]  ¹ tc Most mss (D F G I 0176 0278 Ï it sy) read “ratified by God in Christ” whereas the omission of “in Christ” is the reading in Ì⁴⁶ א A B C P Ψ 6 33 81 1175 1739 1881 2464 pc co. The shorter reading is strongly supported by the ms evidence, and it is probable that a copyist inserted the words as an interpretive gloss. However, this form of the “in Christ” expression is somewhat atypical in the corpus Paulinum (εἰς Χριστόν [ei" Criston] rather than ἐν Χριστῷ [en Cristw]), a fact which tempers one’s certainty about the shorter reading. Nevertheless, the expression is used more in Galatians than in any other of Paul’s letters (Gal 2:16; 3:24, 27), and may have been suggested by such texts to early copyists.

[6:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[6:1]  ² tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense, referring to both men and women.

[6:1]  ³ tn Or “some transgression” (L&N 88.297).

[6:1]  ⁴ sn Who are spiritual refers to people who are controlled and directed by God’s Spirit.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Or “with a gentle spirit” or “gently.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “taking careful notice.”