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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul reminds the Galatian believers that they are again trying to live under God's laws rather than living by faith.
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# General Information:
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He continues to rebuke the Galatians by asking rhetorical questions.
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# those who are
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"those things that are" or "those spirits who are"
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# you are known by God
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God knows you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# how is it that you are turning back to ... principles?
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"Turning back" here is an idiom for "changing directions toward." This is the first of two rhetorical questions. AT: "you should not go back to ... principles." or "you should not change back to ... principles." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# elemental principles
See how you translated this phrase in [Galatians 4:3](./03.md).
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# Do you want to be enslaved all over again?
Paul uses this question to rebuke the people for behaving in a way that would make them like slaves. AT: "It seems that you want to be slaves again." or "You behave as though you wanted to be like slaves again."(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Do you want to be enslaved all over again?
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Here being "enslaved" is a metaphor for being obligated to obey certain rules or customs. AT: "Do you want to have to obey rules again like a slave has to obey his master?" or "It seems that you want to be controlled all over again!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]