Revised Webster's Bible
Galatians 3:3
3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Galatians 3:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
- New International Version (NIV)Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Context of Galatians 3:3
1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been clearly set forth, crucified among you? 2This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it is yet in vain. 5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he this by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε; ἐναρξάμενοι πνεύματι νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Galatians 3:3
- Galatians 4:7Therefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- Galatians 5:4Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; ye have fallen from grace.
- Galatians 6:12As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
- Hebrews 7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
- Hebrews 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Commentaries on Galatians 3:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Having begun in the Spirit - Having received a spiritual religion, which refined and purified your hearts; and having received the Holy Spirit of God, by which ye were endued with various miraculous influences; and the spirit of adoption, by which he were assured of the remission of sins, and incorporation with the family of God: Are ye now made perfect by the flesh? - Are ye seeking to complete that spiritual religion, and to perfect these spiritual…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Are ye so foolish? - Can it be that you are so unwise? The idea is, that Paul hardly thought it credible that they could have pursued such a course. They had so cordially embraced the gospel when he preached to them, they had given such evidences that they were under its influence, that he regarded it as hardly possible that they should have so far abandoned it as to embrace such a system as they had done. Having begun in the Spirit - That is, when the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3are you now finishing in the flesh: Paul used clever word play to make an important point. The Galatians were trying to become perfect by human effort by following the law about circumcising the flesh of the male foreskin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. begun--the Christian life (Php 1:6). in the Spirit--Not merely was Christ crucified "graphically set forth" in my preaching, but also "the Spirit" confirmed the word preached, by imparting His spiritual gifts. "Having thus begun" with the receiving His spiritual gifts, "are ye now being made perfect" (so the Greek), that is, are ye seeking to be made perfect with "fleshly" ordinances of the law? [Estius]. Compare Ro 2:28; Php 3:3; He 9:10. Having begun…Read the comment
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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
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