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Parallel GAL 4:19

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BI Gal 4:19 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)My dear ones who I’m again labouring with in childbirth until the messiah becomes part of you,

OET-LVChildren of_me, whom again I_am_labouring_in_birth, until of_which chosen_one/messiah may_be_formed in you_all,

SR-GNTΤέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ ˚Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν
   (Tekna mou, hous palin ōdinō, meⱪris hou morfōthaʸ ˚Ⱪristos en humin)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, 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).

ULTMy children, with whom I am in labor again until Christ would be formed in you—

USTYou who are like my children, once again I am very concerned about you, and I will continue to be concerned about you until you become like the Messiah in your thinking and in your conduct.

BSB  § My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

BLBMy children, of whom I travail again until that Christ shall have been formed in you,


AICNTMy [[children]],[fn] for whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you;


4:19, children: Later manuscripts read “little children.” BYZ TR

OEByou for whom I am again enduring a mother’s pains, until a likeness to Christ will have been formed in you.

WEBBEMy little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

WMBBMy little children, of whom I am again in travail until Messiah is formed in you—

NETMy children – I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

LSVmy little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may be formed in you,

FBVMy dear friends, I want to work with you until Christ's character is duplicated in you.

TCNTMy [fn]little children, for whom I am again suffering labor pains until Christ is formed in you,


4:19 little ¦ — NA SBL

T4TYou who are like my children, once again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], and I will continue to be worried/concerned until Christ’s nature becomes developed in you completely and wholeheartedly [MET] as a child becomes developed in his mother’s womb.

LEBMy children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!

BBEMy children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

MoffNo Moff GAL book available

Wymthyou for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.

ASVMy little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—

DRAMy little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.

YLTmy little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,

Drbymy children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:

RVMy little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,

WbstrMy little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,

KJB-1769My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

KJB-1611My litle children, of whom I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ bee formed in you:
   (My little children, of whom I trauaile in birth again, until Christ be formed in you:)

BshpsMy litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.
   (My little children, of whom I trauayle in birth again, until Christ be fashioned in you.)

GnvaMy litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
   (My little children, of whom I trauaile in birth again, until Christ be formed in you. )

CvdlMy litle children (of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned in you)
   (My little children (of whom I trauayle in byrth again, until Christ be fashioned in you))

TNTMy littel children (of whom I travayle in birth againe vntill Christ be fassioned in you)
   (My littel children (of whom I travayle in birth again until Christ be fassioned in you) )

WycMy smale children, whiche Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in you,
   (My small children, which I bear eftsoones, till that Christ be fourmed in you,)

LuthMeine lieben Kinder, welche ich abermal mit Ängsten gebäre, bis daß Christus in euch eine Gestalt gewinne.
   (My lieben children, which I abermal with Ängsten gebäre, until that Christ in you one Gestalt gewinne.)

ClVgFilioli mei, quos iterum parturio, donec formetur Christus in vobis:[fn]
   (Filioli my/mine, which again parturio, until formetur Christus in vobis: )


4.19 Donec Christus. Quem deformatis formosus sit in vobis. Vel, ut formosus aliis per vos appareat. Gravius dictum, quam si diceret eos formari in Christo.


4.19 Donec Christus. Quem deformatis formosus let_it_be in vobis. Vel, as formosus aliis through you appareat. Gravius dictum, how when/but_if diceret them formari in Christo.

UGNTτέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν—
   (tekna mou, hous palin ōdinō, meⱪris hou morfōthaʸ Ⱪristos en humin—)

SBL-GNT⸀τέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω ⸀μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν·
   (⸀tekna mou, hous palin ōdinō ⸀meⱪris hou morfōthaʸ Ⱪristos en humin;)

TC-GNT[fn]Τεκνία μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, [fn]ἄχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,
   (Teknia mou, hous palin ōdinō, aⱪris hou morfōthaʸ Ⱪristos en humin, )


4:19 τεκνια ¦ τεκνα NA SBL

4:19 αχρις ¦ μεχρις CT

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


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

4:19 The Galatians were Paul’s spiritual children (cp. 1 Cor 4:14-15; Phlm 1:10). The process of bringing them to Christ had been like going through labor pains, a hard labor with a definite and joyful conclusion. Now Paul felt that it wasn’t finished after all.
• until Christ is fully developed in your lives: Paul uses wordplay, switching the metaphor so that the Galatians would give birth to Christ’s image if they continued in the faith that Paul delivered to them. However, if they took up the law, they would produce a stillbirth. Paul must continue his hard work as a midwife in order to prevent this from happening.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τέκνα μου

children ˱of˲_me

Paul speaks of the Galatian believers as if they were his children and he was their parent. The Galatian believers experienced their spiritual birth as a result of Paul’s work of proclaiming the gospel to them, so he was their spiritual parent and they were his spiritual children. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning in plain language. Alternate translation: “You who believed the message about Jesus that I proclaimed to you” or “My spiritual children”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πάλιν ὠδίνω

again ˱I˲_/am/_laboring_in_birth

Paul speaks of his work of seeking to help the Galatians grow in spiritual maturity and the mental and physical suffering he endured as a result of this work as if it were the labor that a mother endures when giving birth to a child. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a simile. Alternate translation: “I am again in anguish as though I am giving birth” or “it is as if I am in labor again”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν

/may_be/_formed Christ in you_all

In the phrase Christ would be formed in you the word Christ refers Christ’s character and likeness. Christ being formed in them refers to them becoming mature in their spiritual thinking and acting in a way that resembles Jesus’ actions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or plain language. Alternate translation: “Christ’s nature becomes fully developed in you” or “you become a mature follower of Christ”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν

/may_be/_formed Christ in you_all

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. If you must state who did the action, Paul implies that God will do it. Alternate translation: “God forms Christ in you” or “God would form Christ in you”

BI Gal 4:19 ©