Galatians 3:3
1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
4 Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
5 Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
- KJV
- Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
- WEB
- Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
- ASV
- Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
- DARBY
- Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?
- BLB
- Are you⁺ so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you⁺ now finishing in the flesh?
- ÅB
- Er dere så uforstandige? Dere begynte i Ånd; vil dere nå fullende i kjød?
- OTB
- Er dere så uforstandige? Etter å ha begynt ved Ånden, søker dere nå fullendelse ved kjødet?
- B1930
- Er I så uforstandige? I begynte i Ånd; vil I nu fullende i kjød?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:4–8
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Read in contextGalatians 4:7–10
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Read in contextHebrews 7:16–19
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
Read in contextHebrews 9:9–10
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
Read in contextGalatians 6:12–14
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
Read in context