Galatians 5:18 — Greek interlinear

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. εἰ
2. εἰ
3. if
4. if
5. G1487 ↗
6. C-·······
7. if
8. if
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127592
1. Δέ
2. δέ
3. But
4. But
5. G1161 ↗
6. C-·······
7. but
8. but
9. S
10. Y58
11. 127593
1. Πνεύματι
2. πνεῦμα
3. by +the spirit
4. by the spirit
5. G4151 ↗
6. N-····DNS
7. ˱by˲ ˓the˒ spirit
8. ˱by˲ ˓the˒ Spirit
9. GN
10. Y58; Person=Holy_Spirit
11. 127594
1. ἄγεσθε
2. ἄγω
3. you all are being led
4. you're being led
5. G71 ↗
6. V-IPP2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are_being˒ led
8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are_being˒ led
9. -
10. Y58; R127507
11. 127595
1. οὐκέτι
2. οὐκέτι
3. -
4. -
5. G3765 ↗
6. D-·······
7. no_longer
8. no_longer
9. -
10. -
11. 127596
1. οὐκ
2. οὐ
3. not
4. not
5. G3756 ↗
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127597
1. ἐστέ
2. εἰμί
3. you all are
4. you're
5. G1510 ↗
6. V-IPA2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ are
8. ˱you_all˲ are
9. -
10. Y58; R127507
11. 127598
1. ἔσται
2. εἰμί
3. -
4. -
5. G1510 ↗
6. V-IFM3··S
7. ˱it˲ will_be
8. ˱it˲ will_be
9. -
10. -
11. 127599
1. ὑπό
2. ὑπό
3. under
4. -
5. G5259 ↗
6. P-·······
7. under
8. under
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127600
1. νόμον
2. νόμος
3. +the law
4. -
5. G3551 ↗
6. N-····AMS
7. ˓the˒ law
8. ˓the˒ law
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127601

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:13–26: Let the Spirit of God lead you

In this section, Paul talked about what freedom means. He no longer focused on how a person is made righteous. He focused on how a person who has received the righteousness of Christ should live.

Paul told the Galatians that choosing to live their lives in the power of the Holy Spirit would keep them from living sinful lives. It would keep them from living as slaves to the law. A life lived in the Spirit is a life of love for each other.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Follow closely the Spirit of God

Obey God’s Spirit, not your sinful desires

Paragraph 5:16–18

In this paragraph, Paul told the Galatians to allow the Holy Spirit to guide their lives. The Holy Spirit enables believers to not live sinful lives and not live as slaves to the law.

5:18a

But if you are led by the Spirit,

If you are led/guided by the Spirit,
If the Spirit leads you,
If you obey the Holy Spirit,

5:18b

you are not under the law.

you are not under the authority of the law.
the Law of Moses has no control over you. (CEV)
you are not required to follow/obey the law of Moses.

5:18a–b

But: In 5:17, the topic was both the flesh and the Spirit. In 5:18, the topic is only the Spirit. The Greek indicates this change with a conjunction that the BSB translates as But.

Some English versions do not translate this conjunction. In some languages, it will not be necessary to translate this conjunction either.

if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law: In this verse, Paul stated a further benefit of following the Spirit. That benefit is freedom from the law.

The verb are led is passive. Some ways to translate it are:

Use a passive verb. For example:
when you are directed by God’s Spirit, you are not under the authority of the law.
Use an active verb. For example:
If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law. (GNT)
if you allow the Holy Spirit to lead you, the law has no control over you.

you are not under the law: This phrase refers to being obligated to follow/obey the law of Moses.

Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

you are not under the authority of the law

you are not required to follow/obey the law of Moses

the Law of Moses has no control over you (CEV)

This phrase also occurs in 4:4c.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

Πνεύματι ἄγεσθε

˱by˲_˓the˒_Spirit ˱you_all˲_˓are_being˒_led

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: [the Spirit leads you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

οὐκ ἐστὲ ὑπὸ νόμον

not (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ Δέ Πνεύματι ἄγεσθε οὐκ ἐστέ ὑπό νόμον)

Paul speaks of the law as if it were a ruler under whose authority people had to live. He means that Christians are not controlled by the requirements of the law or under its authority. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how under the law is translated in Galatians 3:23 and Romans 6:14. Alternate translation: [the law does not control you] or [you are not under the authority of the law]

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

νόμον

˓the˒_law

See how you translated the law in 2:16.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. But
2. But
3. G1161 ↗
4. Δέ
5. δέ
6. C-·······
7. but
8. but
9. S
10. Y58
11. 127593
1. if
2. if
3. G1487 ↗
4. εἰ
5. εἰ
6. C-·······
7. if
8. if
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127592
1. you all are being led
2. you're being led
3. G71 ↗
4. ἄγεσθε
5. ἄγω
6. V-IPP2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ ˓are_being˒ led
8. ˱you_all˲ ˓are_being˒ led
9. -
10. Y58; R127507
11. 127595
1. by +the spirit
2. by the spirit
3. G4151 ↗
4. Πνεύματι
5. πνεῦμα
6. N-····DNS
7. ˱by˲ ˓the˒ spirit
8. ˱by˲ ˓the˒ Spirit
9. GN
10. Y58; Person=Holy_Spirit
11. 127594
1. you all are
2. you're
3. G1510 ↗
4. ἐστέ
5. εἰμί
6. V-IPA2··P
7. ˱you_all˲ are
8. ˱you_all˲ are
9. -
10. Y58; R127507
11. 127598
1. not
2. not
3. G3756 ↗
4. οὐκ
5. οὐ
6. D-·······
7. not
8. not
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127597
1. under
2. -
3. G5259 ↗
4. ὑπό
5. ὑπό
6. P-·······
7. under
8. under
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127600
1. +the law
2. -
3. G3551 ↗
4. νόμον
5. νόμος
6. N-····AMS
7. ˓the˒ law
8. ˓the˒ law
9. -
10. Y58
11. 127601

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.