OET interlinear GAL 1:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For is being used to introduce Paul’s argument against an implied assertion that he altered the content of his gospel message in order to make it more acceptable to people. If it would help your readers, you could express the implied assertion explicitly. Alternative translation: “Despite their charges,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἄρτι γὰρ ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢ τὸν Θεόν? ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν

now for people ˱I˲_/am/_persuading or ¬the God or ˱I˲_/am/_seeking ˱to˲_people /to_be/_bringing_pleasure

By using these two rhetorical questions, Paul is not asking the Galatians for information, but is using the question form for emphasis and to engage his readers' thinking. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “For I do not seek to persuade men, but instead I only seek the approval of God! I am not seeking to please men!” or “For I do not seek the approval of men, but instead I only seek the approval of God! I am not seeking to please men!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄρτι & ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢ τὸν Θεόν? ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν? εἰ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον

now & people ˱I˲_/am/_persuading or ¬the God or ˱I˲_/am/_seeking ˱to˲_people /to_be/_bringing_pleasure if still ˱to˲_people ˱I˲_/was/_bringing_pleasure

Although the term men is masculine, Paul is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women, and refers to “people” in general. Alternate translation: “do I now persuade people, or God? Or do I seek to please people? If I were still pleasing people”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

εἰ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον, Χριστοῦ δοῦλος οὐκ ἂν ἤμην

if still ˱to˲_people ˱I˲_/was/_bringing_pleasure ˱of˲_Christ /a/_slave not ¬wishfully ˱I˲_was

The word If introduces a hypothetical condition. Paul is using a hypothetical situation to teach the Galatians. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a hypothetical situation, or if it would help your readers, you could state Paul’s meaning in plain language. Alternate translation: “I am not still pleasing men, because I am a servant of Christ” or “If I were still pleasing people, then I would not be serving Christ”