Discovery BoxGalatians 1:20 
Context1:20 I assure you 1 that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you! 2
Galatians 3:1
ContextJustification by Law or by Faith?
3:1 You 3 foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell 4 on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed 5 as crucified!
1 tn Grk “behold.”
2 tn Grk “What things I am writing to you, behold, before God [that] I am not lying.”
3 tn Grk “O” (an interjection used both in address and emotion). In context the following section is highly charged emotionally.
4 tn Or “deceived”; the verb βασκαίνω (baskainw) can be understood literally here in the sense of bewitching by black magic, but could also be understood figuratively to refer to an act of deception (see L&N 53.98 and 88.159).
5 tn Or “publicly placarded,” “set forth in a public proclamation” (BDAG 867 s.v. προγράφω 2).
