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Translation record
Galatians 1
galatians.1.gal1GodSubject
εὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας / εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας
Is ‘God’ explicit in the Greek sentence?
The shorter construction identifies its subject through the surrounding divine actions, while the expanded form names God directly and reduces the sentence’s momentary ambiguity.
Why this default
The implicit ‘the one who’ is default because it follows SBLGNT and the Westcott-Hort marginal reading; most comparison editions make God explicit.
Evidence
ExternalSBLGNT apparatus: εὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας — Holmes, WH margin; εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας — WH, Treg, NA28, RP.
InternalAn explicit ‘God’ clarifies the long sentence and could be added naturally; the shorter construction identifies God indirectly from the preceding and following clauses.
Project default · SBLGNT shorter reading
Witnessesὁ ἀφορίσας · SBLGNT/Holmes; WH marginExplicit-subject reading
Witnessesὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας · WH, Treg, NA28, RPExplicit reading · integrated English
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