Galatians 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Galatians 3:1

Justification by Faith

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you¹ that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed² among you as crucified?

2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, ^aor by the hearing of faith?

3 Are you so foolish? ^aHaving begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by ^bthe flesh?

4 ^aHave you suffered so¹ many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—

6 just as Abraham ^a“believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

7 Therefore know that only ^athose who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

8 And ^athe Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ^b“In you all the nations shall be blessed.”

9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The Law Brings a Curse

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, ^a“Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

11 But that no one is¹ justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ^a“the just shall live by faith.”

Verse Comparison: Galatians 3:1

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American Standard Version
O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

Amplified® Bible
O YOU poor {and} silly {and} thoughtless {and} unreflecting {and} senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated {or} bewitched {or} cast a spell over you, unto whom--right before your very eyes--Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly {and} graphically set forth {and} portrayed as crucified?

Contemporary English Version
You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?

Darby English Version
O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified [among you]?

Good News Bible
You foolish Galatians! Who put a spell on you? Before your very eyes you had a clear description of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross!

International Standard Version
You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus Christ clearly portrayed as crucified before your very eyes?

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed {as} crucified?

New International Version
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

New King James Version
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?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ had become publicly portrayed as crucified?

Young's Literal Translation
O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth -- before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?

New English Translation
You¹ foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell² on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed³ as crucified!

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