Galatians 3:2–3
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3:2The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law4 or by believing what you heard?53:3Are you so foolish? Although you began6 with7 the Spirit, are you now trying to finish8 by human effort?9
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- 4 Grk “by [the] works of [the] law,” a reference to observing the Mosaic law.
- 5 Grk “by [the] hearing of faith.”
- 6 Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.
- 7 Or “by the Spirit.”
- 8 The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisthe) has been translated as a conative present (see ). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.
- 9 Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh?
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NLTNew Living Translation
Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ. How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I want only to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be made complete by the flesh?
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KJV 1900King James Version
This only would I learn of 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?
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