Galatia 2:5

2:5 But ¹  we did not surrender to them ²  even for a moment, ³  in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. ⁴ 

Galatia 4:3

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ⁵  were enslaved under the basic forces ⁶  of the world.

Galatia 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!

Galatia 5:5

5:5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

Galatia 5:14

5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, ⁷  namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁸ 

Galatia 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ⁹  is love, ¹⁰  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ¹¹ 

Galatia 5:26

5:26 Let us not become conceited, ¹²  provoking ¹³  one another, being jealous ¹⁴  of one another.

¹ tn Grk “slaves, nor did we…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, οὐδέ (oude) was translated as “But…even” and a new sentence started in the translation at the beginning of v. 5.

² tn Or “we did not cave in to their demands.”

³ tn Grk “even for an hour” (an idiom for a very short period of time).

⁴ sn In order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. Paul evidently viewed the demands of the so-called “false brothers” as a departure from the truth contained in the gospel he preached. This was a very serious charge (see Gal 1:8).

⁵ tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

⁶ tn Or “basic principles,” “elemental things,” or “elemental spirits.” Some interpreters take this as a reference to supernatural powers who controlled nature and/or human fate.

⁷ tn Or “can be fulfilled in one commandment.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

⁹ tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

¹⁰ sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.

¹¹ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

¹² tn Or “falsely proud.”

¹³ tn Or “irritating.” BDAG 871 s.v. προκαλέω has “provoke, challenge τινά someone.”

¹⁴ tn Or “another, envying one another.”