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Are you so foolish? Although you began[a] with[b] the Spirit, are you now trying to finish[c] by human effort?[d]

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  1. Galatians 3:3 tn Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.
  2. Galatians 3:3 tn Or “by the Spirit.”
  3. Galatians 3:3 tn The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisthe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.
  4. Galatians 3:3 tn Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”