OET interlinear GAL 6:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

τὸ & ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ δοκιμαζέτω ἕκαστος, καὶ τότε εἰς ἑαυτὸν μόνον τὸ καύχημα ἕξει, καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὸν ἕτερον

the & work ˱of˲_himself /let_be/_approving each and then for himself only the boast /will_be/_having and not for ¬the another

In this verse Paul is addressing his readers in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the second person instead. Alternate translation: “let each one of you examine your own work, and then you will have reason to boast in yourself and not in someone else”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τὸ & ἑαυτὸν & ἕξει

the & himself & /will_be/_having

Although the words his, he, and himself are masculine, Paul is using the words here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ & ἔργον ἑαυτοῦ & τὸ καύχημα ἕξει

the & work ˱of˲_himself & the boast /will_be/_having

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of work and reason, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “the things he does himself … he can reasonably boast”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

εἰς ἑαυτὸν & εἰς τὸν ἕτερον

for himself & for ¬the another

Paul uses himself and someone else as if they were something that a person could boast inside of. He means that people boast about themselves or others. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation, “about himself … about someone else”