King James Version

Galatians 2:4

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they will enslave” (καταδουλώσουσιν,) after us here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they may enslave” (καταδουλώσωνται) after us here.

διὰdiathat because ofδιάpreposition — “that because of”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.that because ofδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παρεισάκτουςpareisaktousunawares brought inπαρείσακτος (pareisaktos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “unawares brought in”, the object formG3920brought in secretly, surreptitious.unawares brought inψευδαδέλφουςpseudadelphousfalse brotherψευδάδελφος (pseudadelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “false brother”, the object formG5569a false brother, pretend Christian.οἵτινεςhoitineswhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whoπαρεισῆλθονpareisēlthoncame in privilyπαρεισέρχομαι (pareiserchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came in privily”, a single actionG3922I enter secretly, come in from the side.came in privilyκατασκοπῆσαιkataskopēsaito spy outκατασκοπέω (kataskopeō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to spy out”, a single actionG2684I view closely, inspect, spy out.This verse uses “spy out”.to spy outτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλευθερίανeleutherianlibertyἐλευθερία (eleutheria)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “liberty”, the object formG1657freedom, liberty, especially: a state of freedom from slavery.This verse uses “liberty”.libertyἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἔχομενechomenwe haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “we have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.we haveἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΧριστῷchristōChristΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ChristἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the to- or for-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usκαταδουλώσουσιν—katadoulōsousininto bondageκαταδουλόω (katadouloō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “into bondage”, an action still aheadG2615I enslave.into bondage

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καταδουλώσωνταιkatadoulōsōntaithey might bringκαταδουλόω (katadouloō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they might bring”, an action still aheadG2615I enslave.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and [that] because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Young’s Literal Translation

and [that] because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

World English Bible

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

Darby Translation

and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

Douay-Rheims

But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.

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