Galatians 4:21

An Appeal from Allegory

4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law? ¹ 

Galatians 1:23

1:23 They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ²  of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Galatians 1:13

1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life ³  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

[4:21]  ¹ tn Or “will you not hear what the law says?” The Greek verb ἀκούω (akouw) means “hear, listen to,” but by figurative extension it can also mean “obey.” It can also refer to the process of comprehension that follows hearing, and that sense fits the context well here.

[1:23]  ² tn The Greek verb here is εὐαγγελίζεται (euangelizetai).

[1:13]  ³ tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”