GALATIANS 4

Question 1

Λέγω δέ, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χρόνον

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And I say, for as long as

Question 2

ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν,

Answer 2

the heir is a child/minor

Question 3

οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου

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he differs in no way from a slave

Question 4

κύριος πάντων ὤν

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although he is Lord of all

Question 5

ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους

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but is under guardians and managers

Question 6

ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.

Answer 6

until the time appointed by the father

Question 7

οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς

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in this way, we also

Question 8

ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι,

Answer 8

when we were minors

Question 9

ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·

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(we) were enslaved/were slaves

Question 10

, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου

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under the elements of the world

Question 11

ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου,

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But when the fulfilment of time had come

Question 12

ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ,

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God sent forth His son

Question 13

γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός

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born of a woman

Question 14

γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον

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born under law

Question 15

ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ,

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(in order) that he might redeem those under law

Question 16

ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.

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that we might receive adoption

Question 17

Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί,

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now, because/since you are sons

Question 18

ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ

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God sent out the spirit of His son

Question 19

εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον

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into our hearts, crying

Question 20

αββα ὁ πατήρ.

Answer 20

Abba, Father

Question 21

ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος ἀλλ᾽ υἱός

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so that you are no longer a slave but a son

Question 22

εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ θεοῦ.

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you are a son, and also an heir because of/through God

Question 23

Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν

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However formerly when/since you did not know God

Question 24

ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς·

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you were enslaved to those which by nature are not gods

Question 25

νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν,

Answer 25

but now, knowing God

Question 26

μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ,

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or rather being known by God

Question 27

πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν

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how do you turn back again

Question 28

ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα

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to the weak and poor elements

Question 29

οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε;

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to which you want to be enslaved once again?

Question 30

ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς,

Answer 30

you are observing days and months and seasons and years

Question 31

φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μή πως

Answer 31

I fear for you lest somehow

Question 32

εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.

Answer 32

I have laboured in vain for you

Question 33

Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ

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become as I am

Question 34

ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς,

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since I also became as you re

Question 35

ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν

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I beg of you, brothers

Question 36

οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε

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you have done me no wrong

Question 37

οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι

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and you know that

Question 38

δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς

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through the weakness of the flesh

Question 39

εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον,

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I originally preached the good news to you

Question 40

καὶ ... ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε,

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and you have neither despised nor disdained

Question 41

τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου

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your trial in my flesh

Question 42

ἀλλ᾽...ἐδέξασθέ με,

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but you have received me

Question 43

ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ...ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν

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as a messenger of God, as Christ Jesus

Question 44

ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν;

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so where therefore is your blessedness?

Question 45

μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν

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for I testify to you that if possible

Question 46

τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες

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you would have plucked out your eyes

Question 47

ἐδώκατέ μοι.

Answer 47

and given (them) to me

Question 48

ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα

Answer 48

well then have I become your enemy

Question 49

ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;

Answer 49

through/by telling you the truth?

Question 50

ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς

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they made much of you

Question 51

οὐ καλῶς,

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but not commendably

Question 52

ἀλλ᾽ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν,

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but they want to exclude you

Question 53

ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε·

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so that you might make much of them

Question 54

καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι

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it is good to be made much of

Question 55

ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε

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for good purpose always

Question 56

καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

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and not only while I am with you

Question 57

τέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω

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my children, for whom I am again in labour

Question 58

μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν

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until Christ has been formed in you

Question 59

ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι

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and I wanted to be present

Question 60

πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι

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with you now

Question 61

ἄρτι καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου,

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and to change my tone

Question 62

ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν

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because I am perplexed about you

Question 63

Λέγετέ μοι,

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tell me

Question 64

οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι

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you who want to be under the (the) law

Question 65

τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;

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do you not hear the law?

Question 66

γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν,

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for it is written that Abraham had two sons

Question 67

ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης

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one from the maid-servant

Question 68

καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

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and one from the free-woman.

Question 69

ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης

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but while the one from the maid-servant

Question 70

κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται,

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is born according to flesh

Question 71

ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας δι᾽ ἐπαγγελίας.

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the one from the free-woman (is born) through (a) promise.

Question 72

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα·

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these things could be allegorized

Question 73

αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι,

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for these women are two covenants

Question 74

μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ

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one from Mount Sinai

Question 75

εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα

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bearing (children) for slavery

Question 76

ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ.

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which is Hagar

Question 77

τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ

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For Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia

Question 78

συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ,

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and corresponds to present day Jerusalem

Question 79

δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.

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for she is a slave with her children

Question 80

ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλὴμ

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But Jerusalem above

Question 81

ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν,

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is free

Question 82

ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν

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which is our mother

Question 83

γέγραπται γάρ

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for it is written

Question 84

εὐφράνθητι,

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rejoice

Question 85

στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα,

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barren woman who does not give birth

Question 86

ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον,

Answer 86

break free and cry out

Question 87

ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα

Answer 87

you who is not in the pains of childbirth/labour pains

Question 88

ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον

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because the children of the desolate are many more

Question 89

ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.

Answer 89

than those of her who has a husband

Question 90

Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί,

Answer 90

now you brothers

Question 91

κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ.

Answer 91

are children of promise, like Isaac

Question 92

ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ τότε

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but just as at that time

Question 93

ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς

Answer 93

the one who was born according to the flesh

Question 94

ἐδίωκεν τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα

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persecuted the one (who was born) according to the spirit

Question 95

οὕτως καὶ νῦν.

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so it is even now

Question 96

ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή;

Answer 96

but what does the scripture say?

Question 97

ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς·

Answer 97

cast out the slave and her child

Question 98

γὰρ...ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης

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for the son of the slave

Question 99

οὐ...μὴ κληρονομήσει

Answer 99

will never inherit

Question 100

μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

Answer 100

along with the son of the free woman

Question 101

διό, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα

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therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave

Question 102

ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.

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but rather of the free woman