Galatians 3:1

Galatians 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
• New International Version (NIV)You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?

Context of Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified! 2The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

Galatians 3:1 word by word

Ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται, τίς ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανεν οἷς κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμοὺς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς προεγράφη ἐσταυρωμένος;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oὦō · oh!G5599
• foolishἀνόητοςanoētos · foolishG453
• GalatiansΓαλάτηςGalatēs · GalatianG1052
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• hath bewitchedβασκαίνωbaskainō · to bewitchG940
• youσύsu · youG4771
• that ye shouldπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• notμήmē · notG3361
• the truthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• beforeκατάkata · according toG2596
• whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• hath been evidently set forthπρογράφωprographō · to write/designateG4270
• crucifiedσταυρόωstauroō · to crucifyG4717
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Galatians 3:1

• Galatians 3:3Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?
• Deuteronomy 32:6Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.
• 1 Samuel 13:13Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
• Matthew 7:26Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
• Luke 24:25So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Ephesians 5:15Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,
• 1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
• Galatians 1:6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel –
• Galatians 4:9But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
• Galatians 5:7You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?
• Matthew 24:24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• Acts 8:9Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
• Ephesians 4:14So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
• 2 Peter 2:18For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

Commentaries on Galatians 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O foolish Galatians - O infatuated people; you make as little use of reason as those who have none; you have acted in this business as those do who are fascinated - they are led blindly and unresistingly on to their own destruction. That ye should not obey the truth - This clause is wanting in ABD*FG, some others, the Syriac, Erpenian, Coptic, Sahidic, Itala, Vulgate MS., and in the most important of the Greek and Latin fathers. Of the clause Professor…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O foolish Galatians - That is, foolish for having yielded to the influence of the false teachers, and for having embraced doctrines that tended to subvert the gospel of the Redeemer. The original word used here ( ̓́ anoētoi) denotes void of understanding; and they had shown it in a remarkable manner in rejecting the doctrine of the apostles, and in embracing the errors into which they had fallen. It will be remembered that this is an expression similar…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Galatians reproved for departing from the great doctrine of justification alone, through faith in Christ. (1-5) This doctrine established from the example of Abraham. (6-9) From the tenor of the law and the severity of its curse. (10-14) From the covenant of promises, which the law could not disannul. (15-18) The law was a school master to lead them to Christ. (19-25) Under the gospel state true believers are all one in Christ. (26-29) Verses 1-5…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1O foolish Galatians! Their foolishness was both intellectual and spiritual (compare Luke 24:25; see 1 Samuel 25:1–38). They stopped trusting in Christ and trusted in the law (Galatians 1:6). The Galatians were misled by the teachers’ persuasive arguments (compare Genesis 3:1–7). It was not actual witchcraft, but convincing words. Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified: When Paul told people about Jesus, he clearly explained…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. that ye should not obey the truth--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. bewitched--fascinated you so that you have lost your wits. Themistius says the Galatians were naturally very acute in intellect. Hence, Paul wonders they could be so misled in this case. you--emphatical. "You, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been graphically set forth (literally, in writing, namely, by vivid portraiture in preaching) among you, crucified" (so the sense and Greek…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Christ
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• Christ, Messiah
• Galatia, Galatians
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
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• Curse
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Commentaries on Galatians 3

• 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