Galatians 1:4
2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- KJV
- Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
- WEB
- who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—
- ASV
- who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
- DARBY
- who gave himself for our sins, so that he should deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father;
- BLB
- the One having given Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- ÅB
- han som gav seg selv for våre synder for å fri oss ut av den nærværende onde verden etter vår Guds og Fars vilje;
- OTB
- som ga seg selv for våre synder for å fri oss fra den nåværende onde tidsalder, etter vår Guds og Faders vilje,
- B1930
- han som gav sig selv for våre synder for å fri oss ut av den nærværende onde verden efter vår Guds og Faders vilje;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Read in contextRomans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Read in context1 John 2:15–17
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in context1 John 5:19–20
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Read in context1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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