Galatia 6:14

6:14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which ¹  the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatia 2:17

2:17 But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages ²  sin? Absolutely not!

Galatia 2:12

2:12 Until ³  certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this ⁴  and separated himself ⁵  because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. ⁶ 

Galatia 1:14

1:14 I ⁷  was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, ⁸  and was ⁹  extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ¹⁰ 

Galatia 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, ¹¹  so as to invalidate the promise.

Galatia 4:17-18

4:17 They court you eagerly, ¹²  but for no good purpose; ¹³  they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. ¹⁴  4:18 However, it is good ¹⁵  to be sought eagerly ¹⁶  for a good purpose ¹⁷  at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Galatia 4:20

4:20 I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, ¹⁸  because I am perplexed about you.

[6:14]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “through whom,” referring to the Lord Jesus Christ rather than the cross.

[2:17]  ² tn Or “does Christ serve the interests of sin?”; or “is Christ an agent for sin?” See BDAG 230-31 s.v. διάκονος 2.

[2:12]  ³ tn The conjunction γάρ has not been translated here.

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “he drew back.” If ἑαυτόν (Jeauton) goes with both ὑπέστελλεν (Jupestellen) and ἀφώριζεν (afwrizen) rather than only the latter, the meaning would be “he drew himself back” (see BDAG 1041 s.v. ὑποστέλλω 1.a).

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Or “and held himself aloof.”

[2:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “the [ones] of the circumcision,” that is, the group of Jewish Christians who insisted on circumcision of Gentiles before they could become Christians.

[1:14]  ⁷ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:14]  ⁸ tn Or “among my race.”

[1:14]  ⁹ tn Grk “was advancing beyond…nation, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) was translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[1:14]  ¹⁰ sn The traditions of my ancestors refers to both Pharisaic and popular teachings of this time which eventually were codified in Jewish literature such as the Mishnah, Midrashim, and Targums.

[3:17]  ¹¹ 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.

[4:17]  ¹² tn Or “They are zealous for you.”

[4:17]  ¹³ tn Or “but not commendably” (BDAG 505 s.v. καλῶς 2).

[4:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “so that you would be zealous.”

[4:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “commendable.”

[4:18]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to be zealous.”

[4:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “But it is always good to be zealous in good.”

[4:20]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “voice” or “tone.” The contemporary English expression “tone of voice” is a good approximation to the meaning here.