Galatians 3:3
“Are ye so foolish? hauing begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”
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Galatians 3:3 Context
1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the trueth, before whose eyes Iesus Christ hath been euidently set forth, crucified among you? 2This onely would I learne of you, receiued ye the spirit, by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith? 3Are ye so foolish? hauing begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? if it be yet in vaine. 5He therfore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
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Other Translations for Galatians 3:3
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
- King James Version
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?
- Basic English Bible
Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?
- Darby Bible
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
- Webster's Bible
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to reach perfection through what is external?
- Weymouth Bible
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
- World English Bible
So ye ben foolis, that whanne ye han bigunne in spirit, ye ben endid in fleisch.
- Wycliffe Bible
so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Galatians 3:3
3:3 Are ye so thoughtless - As not to consider what you have yourselves experienced? Having begun in the Spirit - Having set out under the light and power of the Spirit by faith, do ye now, when ye ought to be more spiritual, and more acquainted with the power of faith, expect to be made perfect by the flesh? Do you think to complete either your justification or sanctification, by giving up that faith, and depending on the law, which is a gross and carnal thing when opposed to the gospel?
People's Bible Notes for Galatians 3:3
Ga 3:3 Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? They had begun with a spiritual religion, and received the Spirit. Did they expect to be made perfect by the fleshly ordinances of the law?