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Galatians 5

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τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ...

TEXTmoderate confidence

How does Paul open the call to freedom?

The critical form makes freedom the purpose and emphatic theme of the opening; the relative form binds that freedom more tightly to the command to stand.

Why this default

Critical order is default because SBLGNT agrees with WH, Treg, and NA28.

Evidence

Externalἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν στήκετε οὖν — WH, Treg, NA28; οὖν ᾗ Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἠλευθέρωσεν στήκετε — RP.

InternalThe relative construction regularizes the opening dative into ‘the freedom by which’ and links it directly to the command; the critical order gives ‘for freedom’ emphatic thematic position.

Project defaultFor freedom Christ set us free; stand firm, therefore

Project default · critical reading

Witnessescritical order · SBLGNT; WH, Treg, NA28
AlternativeTherefore stand firm in the freedom by which Christ set us free

Robinson-Pierpont reading

Witnessesrelative construction · RP
AlternativeChrist liberated us to live in freedom; therefore stand firm

Critical reading · purpose naturalized

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