Galatians 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 3:4

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

BSB

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ASV

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

KJV

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verse 4) You have suffered so much without cause, if indeed without cause. Let us consider the unfortunate Jews, how they live among other nations in such superstition and the labor of observance, saying, do not touch, do not taste, do not handle, and we will prove that what is said is true: You have suffered so much without cause. But the judgment is not immediately applied to them, and there is doubt if indeed without cause, because this is said of those who can turn from the Law to the Gospel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Have ye suffered - Both from the zealous Jews and from the heathens. So many things - For adhering to the gospel. In vain - So as to lose all the blessings which ye might have obtained, by enduring to the end.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? - Have ye received and lost so much good? The verb πασχων, as compounded with ευ, well, or κακως, ill, and often without either, signifies to suffer pain or loss, or to possess and enjoy. In such a case the man is considered as the patient, and the good or ill acts upon him. Though it is possible that the Galatians had suffered some persecution for the truth of Christ, yet it is as likely that the apostle refers to the benefits which they had received.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοσαῦτα	tosauta	So many things	G5118 →
ἐπάθετε	epathete	did you suffer	G3958 →
εἰκῇ;	eikēa	in vain?	G1500 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
γε	ge	indeed	G1065 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
εἰκῇ.¶	eikēa	in vain!	G1500 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1500eikeain vain?6×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:35
  So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Revelation 3:11
  I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
- 1 Corinthians 3:14
  If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
- 1 Corinthians 3:8
  He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
- Hebrews 12:15
  See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:2
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
leads to
- Hebrews 3:6
  But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- Hebrews 2:1
  We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Hebrews 3:14
  We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians