Galatians 5:7 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 5:7

You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

BSB

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ASV

Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

KJV

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verse 7.) You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? The Latin translator, in his interpretation, put 'not obeying the truth', which is written in Greek as 'τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μὴ πείθεσθαι'. He interpreted it in the previous place as 'not believing the truth', which we noted in its proper place because it is not found in ancient manuscripts, although the Greek copies have been confused by this error.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ye did run well - The Christian life is often represented as a race; see the notes at 1Co 9:24-26. Paul means here, that they began the Christian life with ardour and zeal; compare Gal 4:15. Who did hinder you - Margin, “Drive you back.” The word used here (ἀνακόπτω anakoptō) means properly to beat or drive back. Hence, it means to hinder, check, or retard.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Translate, "Ye were running well" in the Gospel race (1Co 9:24-26; Php 3:13, 14). who, &c.--none whom you ought to have listened to [BENGEL]: alluding to the Judaizers (compare Ga 3:1). hinder--The Greek means, literally, "hinder by breaking up a road." not obey the truth--not submit yourselves to the true Gospel way of justification.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐτρέχετε	etrechete	You were running	G5143 →
καλῶς·	kalōs	well;	G2573 →
τίς	tis	Who	G5101 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἐνέκοψεν	enekopsen	impeded	G1465 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἀληθείᾳ	alētheia	truth	G225 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
πείθεσθαι;	peithesthai	to obey?	G3982 →

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

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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
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
leads to
- Philippians 2:16
  as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 4:7
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24–27
  Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- Luke 21:34
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Hebrews 10:35–39
  So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Through
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
leads to
- Philippians 3:14
  I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:1
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Galatians