GAL 4:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, magenta:vocative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT I beg you, brothers, become as I am, because I also became as you are. You did me no harm.

UST My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. Stop thinking that you have to obey the Jewish rules and ceremonial laws prescribed by the law of Moses. When I was with you, I did not obey all the Jewish rules and ceremonial laws, just like you did not obey them. At that time you treated me entirely as you should have.

BSB I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

BLB I implore you, brothers, become as I am, because I also have become as you. You have wronged me in nothing.

AICNT Become as I am, because I also am as you are, brothers, I beg of you. You have not wronged me;

OEB ¶ I entreat you, friends, to become like me, as I became like you. You have never done me any wrong.

WEBBE I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

LSV I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;

FBV I'm pleading with you, my friends: be like me, because I became like you.[fn] You've never treated me badly.

4:12 In other words, a “liberated Gentile.”

TCNT I plead with you, brothers: Become as I am, because I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.

T4T My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. Stop thinking that you have to obey ◄Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws►. When I was with you, I did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals, just like you did not obey them.
¶ At that time you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].

LEB I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
¶ 

BBE My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

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Wymth Brethren, become as I am, I beseech you; for I have also become like you. In no respect did you behave badly to me.

ASV I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:

DRA Be ye as I, because I also am as you: brethren, I beseech you: you have not injured me at all.

YLT Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

Drby Be as I [am], for I also [am] as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.

RV I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye did me no wrong:

Wbstr Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all.

KJB-1769 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
(Brethren, I beseech/implore you, be as I am; for I am as ye/you_all are: ye/you_all have not injured me at all. )

KJB-1611 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are, ye haue not iniured me at all.
(Brethren, I beseech/implore you, be as I am; for I am as ye/you_all are, ye/you_all have not iniured me at all.)

Bshps Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.
(Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye/you_all are. Ye/You_all have not iniured me at all.)

Gnva Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
(Be ye/you_all as I (for I am even as you) brethren/brothers, I beseech/implore you: ye/you_all have not hurt me at all. )

Cvdl Brethre I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye haue not hurte me at all.
(Brethre I beseke you, be ye/you_all as I am, for I am as ye/you_all are. Ye/You_all have not hurt me at all.)

TNT Brethern I besech you be ye as I am: for I am as ye are. Ye have not hurte me at all.
(Brethern I besech you be ye/you_all as I am: for I am as ye/you_all are. Ye/You_all have not hurt me at all. )

Wycl Be ye as Y, for Y am as ye. Britheren, Y biseche you, ye han hurt me no thing.
(Be ye/you_all as I, for I am as ye. Britheren, I beseech/implore you, ye/you_all have hurt me no thing.)

Luth Seid doch wie ich, denn ich bin wie ihr. Liebe Brüder, ich bitte euch, ihr habt mir kein Leid getan.
(Seid though/but like I, because I am like ihr. love brothers, I bitte you, you/their/her have to_me kein sorrow getan.)

ClVg Estote sicut ego, quia et ego sicut vos: fratres, obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.[fn]
(Estote like ego, because and I like vos: brothers, obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis. )

4.12 Estote sicut ego. Et ego qui legem habui, sum modo sine lege sicut vos debetis esse sine illa. Ego, inquam, qui cum Judæus natus sim, jam ista carnalia spirituali dijudicatione contemno. Quia, etc., sicut vos, etc. Homo sum qui de errore correctus sum et ita vos potestis corrigi. Fratres, obsecro. Aspere correctos recreat per bene gesta. Nihil me. Excusat se, quia pseudo dixerant Paulum Galatis inimicum nec voluisse eos docere, quæ in aliis ecclesiis prædicabat.

4.12 Estote like I. And I who legem habui, I_am modo without lege like you debetis esse without illa. Ego, inquam, who when/with Yudæus natus sim, yam ista carnalia spirituali diyulet_him_sayione contemno. Quia, etc., sicut vos, etc. Homo I_am who about by_mistake correctus I_am and ita you potestis corrigi. Fratres, obsecro. Aspere correctos recreat through bene gesta. Nihil me. Excusat se, because pseudo dixerant Paulum Galatis inimicum but_not voluisse them docere, which in aliis assemblies/churches prædicabat.

UGNT γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε;
(ginesthe hōs egō, hoti kagō hōs humeis, adelfoi, deomai humōn. ouden me aʸdikaʸsate;)

SBL-GNT Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
(Ginesthe hōs egō, hoti kagō hōs humeis, adelfoi, deomai humōn. ouden me aʸdikaʸsate;)

TC-GNT [fn]Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. Οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
(Ginesthe hōs egō, hoti kagō hōs humeis, adelfoi, deomai humōn. Ouden me aʸdikaʸsate; )

4:12 γινεσθε ¦ γεινεσθε TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί

brothers

See how you translated the word brothers in 1:2 where it is used with the same meaning. Alternate translation: [brothers and sisters]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς

/be/_becoming as I_‹am› because also_I_‹am› as you_all_‹are›

Paul is asking the Galatian believers to become like himself and not act as if the law of Moses has authority over their lives. He says that formerly, when they did not obey the law of Moses, he had become like them and not obeyed all the rules prescribed it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [act like I act by not living your life as if you need to obey the law of Moses, because when I was with you did not obey all the rules and ceremonial laws prescribed in the law of Moses] or [become as I am by not acting as if you have to obey the law of Moses, because formerly I became as you were before you were deceived into thinking that you needed to obey the law of Moses]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς

/be/_becoming as I_‹am› because also_I_‹am› as you_all_‹are›

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [because I became as you, you also should become as I am]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς

also_I_‹am› as you_all_‹are›

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. Here, the implied words are became and are. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε

nothing me ˱you_all˲_did_wrong

Here Paul expresses a strong positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning positively. Alternate translation: [You treated me well]

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