Galatians 3:3
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Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
Are you so foolish and senseless? Having begun [your new life by faith] with the Spirit, are you now being perfected and reaching spiritual maturity by the flesh [that is, by your own works and efforts to keep the Law]?
Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh?
Are you so irrational? After you started with the Spirit, are you now finishing up with your own human effort?
Are you that stupid? Having begun with the Spirit’s power, do you think you can reach the goal under your own power?
How can you be so stupid? Do you think that by yourself you can complete what God's Spirit started in you?
Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun-with the Spirit are you now perfecting-yourselves with the flesh?
Are you so foolish, that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?
You began your life in Christ with the Spirit. Now do you try to complete it by your own power? That is foolish.
Do not think like fools! You first became believers by the help of God's Spirit. So do not try now to continue by your own human power. That will never get you to the end!
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to reach the goal by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
·Are you so foolish [How can you be so stupid]? You began ·your life in Christ by [L by; or through] the Spirit. Now are you trying to ·make it complete [finish; or be perfected] by ·your own power [human effort; L the flesh]?
Are ye so foolish, that after ye have begun in the Spirit, ye would now be made perfect by the flesh?
Are you that stupid? Did you begin in a spiritual way only to end up doing things in a human way?
How can you be so foolish! You began by God's Spirit; do you now want to finish by your own power?
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh?
You began your life in Christ by the Spirit. Now do you try to continue it by your own power? That is foolish.
Are you so foolish? Having started out with the Spirit, are you now ending up with the flesh?
O you dear idiots of Galatia, who saw Jesus Christ the crucified so plainly, who has been casting a spell over you? I will ask you one simple question: did you receive the Spirit of God by trying to keep the Law or by believing the message of the Gospel? Surely you can’t be so idiotic as to think that a man begins his spiritual life in the Spirit and then completes it by reverting to outward observances? Has all your painful experience brought you nowhere? I simply cannot believe it of you! Does God, who gives you his Spirit and works miracles among you, do these things because you have obeyed the Law or because you have believed the Gospel? Ask yourselves that.
Are ye so foolish? having begun by the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be made complete by the flesh?
Then have you gone completely crazy? For if trying to obey the Jewish laws never gave you spiritual life in the first place, why do you think that trying to obey them now will make you stronger Christians?
Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God’s Message to you? Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren’t smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it? Did you go through this whole painful learning process for nothing? It is not yet a total loss, but it certainly will be if you keep this up!
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, would you now attain your goal by the flesh?
Are you that stupid? Did you begin in a spiritual way only to end up doing things in a human way?
Are you so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
How can you be so foolish? After having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending in the flesh?
You began your life in Christ by the Spirit. Now are you trying to make it complete by your own power? That is foolish.
Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?
Are you so foolish? You began by the Holy Spirit. Are you now trying to finish God’s work in you by your own strength?
Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
How foolish can you be? You started the Christian life by the Holy Spirit. Do you think you are going to become better Christians by your old way of worship?
How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?
Are you so unwise that after you have begun in the Spirit, you would now end in the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
You are so witless: you began with the spirit, and now you’re ending with the flesh?
You lack seichel; having begun in the Ruach HaKodesh, will you now be perfected in the basar?
Are you so foolish, that after you have begun in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Ruach, will you now reach the goal in the flesh?
Are you so foolish? Do you think you can perfect something God’s Spirit started with any human effort?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
Have you no sense at all? You began living your new life by the power of the Spirit. And are you now trying to finish living it by your own power [to keep the law]?
So ye be fools, that when ye have begun in Spirit, ye be ended in flesh [now ye be ended by flesh].
so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end?
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