Saints Translation

By Vincent Melli

Galatians — Greek text and reception

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Galatians 1 — Greek text and reception

Saints Translation: Galatians [V2]

Each card preserves the Greek reading and its textual and reception notes. This source provides a Greek study edition; Hebrew counterparts and Hebrew–Greek classifications are not supplied.

Chapter 1

Greeting

Verse 1:1

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

Paul, an apostle, not from human beings nor through a human being, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead,

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Verse 1:2

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and all the brothers with me, to the Churches of Galatia:

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Verse 1:3

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grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

Textual & Reception Notes

Text [G]: Our modifies Lord in the accessed Greek; it has not been transferred to Father.

Text [G]: NA28 places ἡμῶν after πατρός (SBLGNT after κυρίου); the rendering above follows SBLGNT, and NA28 would read "God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ".[G]

Verse 1:4

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who gave Himself for our sins, to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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Verse 1:5

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to whom be the glory for the ages of ages. Amen.

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One gospel

Verse 1:6

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I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the One who called you in the grace of Christ for a different gospel,

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Verse 1:7

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which is not another gospel, except that there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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Verse 1:8

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But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed.

Textual & Reception Notes

Greek anathema: accursed, an emphatic condemnation. No named later community is inserted into the warning.

Verse 1:9

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As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be accursed.

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Verse 1:10

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For am I now seeking the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I seeking to please human beings? If I were still pleasing human beings, I would not be Christ’s slave.

Textual & Reception Notes

Greek peithō literally concerns persuading; seeking approval gives its force in the paired questions about pleasing people. Doulos retains the slavery metaphor.

Paul’s call and first visits

Verse 1:11

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For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

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Verse 1:12

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For I neither received it from a human being nor was taught it, but received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Textual & Reception Notes

Revelation of Jesus Christ can concern Christ as the revelation’s content or as its giver. The English genitive leaves that question open.

Verse 1:13

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how excessively I persecuted the Church of God and ravaged it,

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Verse 1:14

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and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

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Verse 1:15

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But when the One who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased

Textual & Reception Notes

Text [G]: God is not an explicit noun here; the One is identified by the context. The sentence continues in 1:16.

Text [G]: NA28 reads [ὁ θεὸς] in brackets after εὐδόκησεν (SBLGNT omits); the rendering above follows SBLGNT, and NA28 would read "when God, who set me apart …, was pleased".[G]

Verse 1:16

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to reveal His Son in me, so that I might proclaim Him among the nations, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,

Textual & Reception Notes

In me preserves en emoi rather than silently choosing to me. Flesh and blood is the human consultation expression.

Verse 1:17

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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.

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Verse 1:18

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Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Textual & Reception Notes

Text [G]: Cephas is the actual name here; the Greek Peter at 2:7–8 is separately preserved.

Verse 1:19

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)

But I saw no other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Textual & Reception Notes

The Lord’s brother is the source’s kinship designation; this row does not choose between later accounts of that relationship.

Verse 1:20

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Now in what I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.

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Verse 1:21

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Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

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Verse 1:22

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But I was unknown by face to the Churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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Verse 1:23

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They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us now proclaims the faith he once ravaged.”

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Verse 1:24

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And they glorified God because of me.

Textual & Reception Notes

Literally glorified God in me; because of me expresses Paul as the occasion of their praise.