Galatia 3:5

3:5 Does God then give ¹  you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law ²  or by your believing what you heard? ³ 

Galatia 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. ⁴ 

Galatia 3:18

3:18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave ⁵  it to Abraham through the promise.

Galatia 4:17

4:17 They court you eagerly, ⁶  but for no good purpose; ⁷  they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. ⁸ 

Galatia 5:11

5:11 Now, brothers and sisters, ⁹  if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? ¹⁰  In that case the offense of the cross ¹¹  has been removed. ¹² 

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “provide.”

[3:5]  ² tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law” (the same phrase as in v. 2).

[3:5]  ³ tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith” (the same phrase as in v. 2).

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

[3:18]  ⁵ tn On the translation “graciously gave” for χαρίζομαι (carizomai) see L&N 57.102.

[4:17]  ⁶ tn Or “They are zealous for you.”

[4:17]  ⁷ tn Or “but not commendably” (BDAG 505 s.v. καλῶς 2).

[4:17]  ⁸ tn Or “so that you would be zealous.”

[5:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.

[5:11]  ¹⁰ sn That is, if Paul still teaches observance of the Mosaic law (preaches circumcision), why is he still being persecuted by his opponents, who insist that Gentile converts to Christianity must observe the Mosaic law?

[5:11]  ¹¹ sn The offense of the cross refers to the offense to Jews caused by preaching Christ crucified.

[5:11]  ¹² tn Or “nullified.”