God’s Word Translation
Galatians 5:7
7You were doing so well. Who stopped you from being influenced by the truth?
Galatians 5:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
- New International Version (NIV)You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
- English Standard Version (ESV)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
- New King James Version (NKJV)You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Context of Galatians 5:7
5However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God’s approval. 6As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love. You were doing so well. Who stopped you from being influenced by the truth? 8The arguments of the person who is influencing you do not come from the one who is calling you. 9A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.
Read all of Galatians 5Galatians 5:7 word by word
ἐτρέχετε καλῶς· τίς ὑμᾶς ἐνέκοψεν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Galatians 5:7
- Matthew 13:21Since he doesn’t have any root, he lasts only a little while. When suffering or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls ⌞from faith⌟.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Don’t you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner gets the prize? Run like them, so that you can win.
- Hebrews 12:1Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up.
- Galatians 3:1You stupid people of Galatia! Who put you under an evil spell? Wasn’t Christ Jesus’ crucifixion clearly described to you?
- Acts 6:7God’s word continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem grew very large. A large number of priests accepted the faith.
- Romans 2:8anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.
- Romans 6:17You were slaves to sin. But I thank God that you have become wholeheartedly obedient to the teachings which you were given.
- Romans 10:16But not everyone has believed the Good News. Isaiah asks, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Romans 15:18I’m bold enough to tell you only what Christ has done through me to bring people who are not Jewish to obedience. By what I have said and done,
- Romans 16:26but now is publicly known. The everlasting God ordered that what the prophets wrote must be shown to the people of every nation to bring them to the obedience that is associated with faith.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8He will take revenge on those who refuse to acknowledge God and on those who refuse to respond to the Good News about our Lord Jesus.
- Hebrews 5:9After he had finished his work, he became the source of eternal salvation for everyone who obeys him.
- Hebrews 11:8Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.
- 1 Peter 1:22Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.
Commentaries on Galatians 5:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Ye did run well - Ye once had the faith that worked by love - ye were genuine, active, useful Christians. Who doth hinder - Who prevented you from continuing to obey the truth? Ye could only be turned aside by your own consent. St. Paul here, as in 1 Corinthians 9:24; (note), compares Christianity to a race. See the notes on the above text.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Ye did run well - The Christian life is often represented as a race; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:24-26. Paul means here, that they began the Christian life with ardour and zeal; compare Galatians 4:15. Who did hinder you - Margin, “Drive you back.” The word used here ( ̓́ anakoptō) means properly to beat or drive back. Hence, it means to hinder, check, or retard. Dr. Doddridge remarks that this is “an Olympic expression, and properly signifies…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 The life of a Christian is a race, wherein he must run, and hold on, if he would obtain the prize. It is not enough that we profess Christianity, but we must run well, by living up to that profession. Many who set out fairly in religion, are hindered in their progress, or turn out of the way. It concerns those who begin to turn out of the way, or to tire in it, seriously to inquire what hinders them. The opinion or persuasion, ver. #(8), was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Living by faith is like running a race (see 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Philippians 3:13–14; 2 Timothy 4:7–8). For the Galatians, the law became an obstacle instead of a support in this race (see Luke 11:52).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Translate, "Ye were running well" in the Gospel race (1Co 9:24-26; Php 3:13, 14). who, &c.--none whom you ought to have listened to [Bengel]: alluding to the Judaizers (compare Ga 3:1). hinder--The Greek means, literally, "hinder by breaking up a road." not obey the truth--not submit yourselves to the true Gospel way of justification.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Galatians 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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