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Galatians 3:3
New English Translation
Galatians 3:3
New English Translation
3 Are you so foolish? Although you began[a] with[b] the Spirit, are you now trying to finish[c] by human effort?[d]
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- Galatians 3:3 tn Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.
- Galatians 3:3 tn Or “by the Spirit.”
- Galatians 3:3 tn The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisthe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.
- Galatians 3:3 tn Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”
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