Gal 4:15 | RWP | e4.org | That gratulation of yourselves ( ο μακαρισμος υμων ). "Your felicitation." Rare word from μακαριζω , to pronounce happy, in Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch. See also , . You no longer felicitate yourselves on my presence with you. Ye would have plucked out your eves and given them to me ( τους οφθαλμους υμων εξορυξαντες εδωκατε μο ). This is the conclusion of a condition of the second class without αν expressed which would have made it clearer. But see , ; for similar examples where the context makes it plain without αν . It is strong language and is saved from hyperbole by "if possible" ( ε δυνατον ). Did Paul not have at this time serious eye trouble?

‏ Galatians 4:15

That gratulation of yourselves ( ο μακαρισμος υμων ). "Your felicitation." Rare word from μακαριζω, to pronounce happy, in Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch. See also Ro 4:6, 9. You no longer felicitate yourselves on my presence with you.

Ye would have plucked out your eves and given them to me ( τους οφθαλμους υμων εξορυξαντες εδωκατε μο ). This is the conclusion of a condition of the second class without αν expressed which would have made it clearer. But see Joh 16:22, 24; Ro 7:7 for similar examples where the context makes it plain without αν. It is strong language and is saved from hyperbole by "if possible" ( ε δυνατον ). Did Paul not have at this time serious eye trouble?