OET interlinear GAL 5:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἰ

if

Paul is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “Because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ζῶμεν Πνεύματι

˱we˲_/are/_living ˱by˲_/the/_Spirit

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 causes us to be alive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ζῶμεν

˱we˲_/are/_living

Here, live refers to a Christian’s spirit being alive, which will result in that person living forever with God in heaven. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “we live spiritually”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν

˱by˲_/the/_Spirit (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ ζῶμεν Πνεύματι Πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν)

See how you translated walk by the Spirit in 5:16.