OET interlinear GAL 3:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καθὼς

as

Here, the phrase Just as indicates that what follows is connected to what preceded it, specifically 3:1-5. The phrase Just as is also introducing new information. The new information that this phrase is introducing is the biblical example of Abraham. Use a form that would be appropriate in this context. Alternate translation: “Even as”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ἐπίστευσεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

believed ¬the ˱in˲_God and ˱it˲_/was/_reckoned ˱to˲_him for righteousness

Here, Paul quotes Genesis 15:16. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with opening and closing quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐλογίσθη

˱it˲_/was/_reckoned

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God credited it”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλογίσθη

˱it˲_/was/_reckoned

Here, the word it refers to Abraham’s belief in God. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “God credited his belief”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δικαιοσύνην

righteousness

See how you translated the word righteousness in 2:21.