Galatians 1:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦ δόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, ὅπως ἐξέληται ἡμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος αἰῶνος πονηροῦ, κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν:

Transliteration

The one having dontos himself hyper the hamartiōn of us, so that he might exelētai us from the enestōtos aiōnos ponērou, according to the thelēma of the Theou and Patros of us:

Grammar Details

• *Tou dontos*: genitive, masculine, singular, aorist active participle - in apposition to Christou
• *heauton*: accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - direct object
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - on behalf of/for
• *tōn hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - object of preposition hyper
• *hēmōn*: genitive, first person plural - possessive
• *hopōs*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *exelētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - purpose clause
• *hēmas*: accusative, first person plural - direct object of exelētai
• *ek*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
• *tou enestōtos*: genitive, masculine, singular, perfect active participle - present/current
• *aiōnos*: genitive, masculine, singular - age/era
• *ponērou*: genitive, masculine, singular, adjective - evil/wicked
• *kata*: preposition with accusative - according to/in line with
• *to thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - object of preposition kata
• *tou Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - in apposition to Theou

Word Meanings

• *dontos*: given/granted/offered
• *hyper*: on behalf of/for/concerning
• *hamartiōn*: sins/errors/failures
• *exelētai*: deliver/rescue/remove
• *enestōtos*: present/current/at hand
• *aiōnos*: age/era/world/eternity
• *ponērou*: evil/wicked/corrupt
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Who ve himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  which gave him selfe for oure synnes to deliver vs from this present evyll worlde thorow the will of God oure father

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  which gaue him selfe for oure synnes, that he mighte delyuer vs from this present euel worlde, acordinge to the wyll of God oure father,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Which gaue hym selfe for our sinnes, to deliuer vs from this present euyll worlde, accordyng to the wyll of God, and our father:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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--

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

• World English Bible (2000)

  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--

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Eph 2:2 : 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• Rom 4:25 : 25 He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
• Phil 4:20 : 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Heb 6:5 : 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age,
• Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
• Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 John 2:15-17 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away, along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
• 1 John 5:4-5 : 4 For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
• 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace,
• 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
• Eph 6:12 : 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
• Matt 26:42 : 42 A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done."
• Mark 10:45 : 45 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
• Luke 22:19 : 19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'
• Luke 22:42 : 42 He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done."
• John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
• John 6:38 : 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
• John 10:17-18 : 17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
• John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
• John 14:30-31 : 30 I will not speak much with you anymore, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me. 31 But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.
• John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
• John 17:14-15 : 14 I have given them Your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the evil one.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all who are in Rome, beloved by God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.
• Rom 8:27 : 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
• Ps 40:8 : 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'
• Isa 65:17 : 17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
• Gal 6:14 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Eph 1:2-3 : 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Heb 2:5 : 5 For it was not to angels that He subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After this, I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.