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Galatians 5:7

King James Version (KJV)

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

Galatians 5:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Galatians 5:7

Theological / Devotional

Run well. Paul repeatedly compares the Christian life to a race (1 Cor. 9:24, 26; Phil. 2:16; 2 Tim. 4:7; Heb. 12:1). The Galatians had “run well” until the coming of the Judaizers (see on Gal. 1:6, 7 ; 3:1). They had set out on the Christian race with ardor and zeal.

Did hinder. Gr. anakopto, “to beat back,” “to check,” as a ship in its course. As a military term it referred, for instance, to breaking up a road or destroying a bridge or placing obstacles in the way of an enemy, to halt his advance. There were obviously some who troubled the Galatians (ch. 1:7) and “bewitched” them (ch. 3:1). These were, of course, the Judaizers (see p. 932).

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