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Faith and Belief

Galatians 3:3

In 9 translations

BSB
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
KJV
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
WEB
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
ASV
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
LSV
Are you so thoughtless? Having begun in the Spirit, do you now end in the flesh?
YLT
so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?
DBY
Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?
DRC
Are you so foolish, that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?
GNV
Are ye so foolish, that after ye haue begun in the Spirit, ye would now be made perfect by the flesh?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε; ἐναρξάμενοι πνεύματι νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε;
RP2018
Οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε; Ἐναρξάμενοι πνεύματι, νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε;
TR-Boyd
Οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε; Ἐναρξάμενοι πνεύματι, νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε;
SCR1894
ουτως ανοητοι εστε εναρξαμενοι πνευματι νυν σαρκι επιτελεισθε

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 5:4–8You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither…
  • Galatians 4:7–10So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God. Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God,…
  • Hebrews 7:16–19one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” So the former commandment is set aside…
  • Hebrews 9:9–10It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external…
  • Galatians 6:12–14Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves,…
  • Hebrews 9:2A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

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