Galatia 3:25

3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. ¹ 

Galatia 4:3

4:3 So also we, when we were minors, ²  were enslaved under the basic forces ³  of the world.

Galatia 5:16

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

Galatia 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ⁶  is love, ⁷  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ⁸ 

[3:25]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “guardian” in v. 24. The punctuation of vv. 25, 26, and 27 is difficult to represent because of the causal connections between each verse. English style would normally require a comma either at the end of v. 25 or v. 26, but in so doing the translation would then link v. 26 almost exclusively with either v. 25 or v. 27; this would be problematic as scholars debate which two verses are to be linked. Because of this, the translation instead places a period at the end of each verse. This preserves some of the ambiguity inherent in the Greek and does not exclude any particular causal connection.

[4:3]  ² tn See the note on the word “minor” in 4:1.

[4:3]  ³ 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.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “walk” (a common NT idiom for how one conducts one’s life or how one behaves).

[5:16]  ⁵ 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.

[5:22]  ⁶ tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

[5:22]  ⁷ 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.

[5:22]  ⁸ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.