Galatians 4

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Galatians 4:3

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Galatians 4:4

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Galatians 4:7

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Galatians 4:8

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Galatians 4:10

1 tn The Greek pronoun (“you”) is plural.

2 tn The word “personally” is supplied to reflect the force of the Greek intensive pronoun αὐτός (autos) at the beginning of the verse.

3 tn Or “leniency and clemency.” D. Walker, “Paul’s Offer of Leniency of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:1): Populist Ideology and Rhetoric in a Pauline Letter Fragment (2 Corinthians 10:1-13:10)” (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1998), argues for this alternative translation for three main reasons: (1) When the two Greek nouns πραΰτης and ἐπιείκεια (prauth" and ejpieikeia) are used together, 90% of the time the nuance is “leniency and clemency.” (2) “Leniency and clemency” has a military connotation, which is precisely what appears in the following verses. (3) 2 Corinthians 10-13 speaks of Paul’s sparing use of his authority, which points to the nuance of “leniency and clemency.”

4 tn Or “who lack confidence.”

5 tn Or “when face to face with.”

6 tn Or “but bold.”

Galatians 4:11

7 tn Grk “consider us as walking.”

8 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

Galatians 4:12

9 tn Grk “we walk.”

10 tn Grk “in the flesh.”

11 tn Grk “according to the flesh.”

Galatians 4:13

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Galatians 4:14

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Galatians 4:15

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Galatians 4:21

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Galatians 4:22

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Galatians 4:23

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Galatians 4:24

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Galatians 4:26

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Galatians 4:30

1 tn That is, to Christ.

2 tn Or “chaste.”

Galatians 4:31

3 tn Grk “I fear lest somehow.”

4 tn Or “the snake.”

5 tn Or “craftiness.”

6 tn Or “corrupted,” “seduced.”

7 tc Although most mss (א2 H Ψ 0121 0243 1739 1881 Ï) lack “and pure” (καὶτῆςἁγνότητος, kai th" Jagnothto"; Grk “and purity”) several important and early witnesses (Ì46 א* B D[2] F G 33 81 104 pc ar r co) retain these words. Their presence in such mss across such a wide geographical distribution argues for their authenticity. The omission from the majority of mss can be explained by haplography, since the -τητος ending of ἁγνότητος is identical to the ending of ἁπλότητος (Japlothto", “sincerity”) three words back (ἁπλότητοςκαὶτῆςἁγνότητος); further, since the meanings of “sincerity” and “purity” are similar they might seem redundant. A copyist would scarcely notice the omission because Paul’s statement still makes sense without “and from purity.”