Galatia 4:18

4:18 However, it is good ¹  to be sought eagerly ²  for a good purpose ³  at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Galatia 4:20

4:20 I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, ⁴  because I am perplexed about you.

Galatia 4:30

4:30 But what does the scripture say? “Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” ⁵  of the free woman.

Galatia 6:10

6:10 So then, ⁶  whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. ⁷ 

[4:18]  ¹ tn Or “commendable.”

[4:18]  ² tn Or “to be zealous.”

[4:18]  ³ tn Grk “But it is always good to be zealous in good.”

[4:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “voice” or “tone.” The contemporary English expression “tone of voice” is a good approximation to the meaning here.

[4:30]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 21:10. The phrase of the free woman does not occur in Gen 21:10.

[6:10]  ⁶ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

[6:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”