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Galatians 4

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galatians.4.gal4PromiseText

ὑμεῖς ... ἐστε / ἡμεῖς ... ἐσμέν

TEXTmoderate confidence

Does Paul call ‘you’ or ‘we’ children of promise?

The second person applies the Isaac comparison directly to the Galatians; the first person includes Paul with them in the identity claim.

Why this default

‘You are’ is default because SBLGNT agrees with Tregelles and NA28; Westcott-Hort and Robinson-Pierpont read ‘we are.’

Evidence

ExternalSBLGNT apparatus: ὑμεῖς ... ἐστε — Treg, NA28; ἡμεῖς ... ἐσμέν — WH, RP.

Internal‘We are’ harmonizes with the inclusive conclusion in verse 31; ‘you are’ maintains Paul’s direct address and applies the Isaac comparison pointedly to the Galatians.

Project defaultyou

Project default · second-person reading

Witnessesὑμεῖς ... ἐστε · SBLGNT; Treg, NA28
Alternativewe

WH/RP first-person reading

Witnessesἡμεῖς ... ἐσμέν · WH, RP
Alternativeyou yourselves

Second-person reading · emphasis explicit

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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