Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Galatians 3:4

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4. Have ye suffered so many things —namely, persecution from Jews and from unbelieving fellow countrymen, incited by the Jews, at the time of your conversion. in vain — fruitlessly, needlessly, since ye might have avoided them by professing Judaism [GROTIUS]. Or, shall ye, by falling from grace, lose the reward promised for all your sufferings, so that they shall be "in vain" ( Galatians 4:11 ; 1 Corinthians 15:2 ; 1 Corinthians 15:17-19 ; 1 Corinthians 15:29-32 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-7 ; 2 John 1:8 )? yet —rather, "If it be really (or 'indeed') in vain" [ELLICOTT]. "If, as it must be, what I have said, 'in vain,' is really the fact" [ALFORD]. I prefer understanding it as a mitigation of the preceding words. I hope better things of you, for I trust you will return from legalism to grace; if so, as I confidently expect, you will not have "suffered so many things in vain" [ESTIUS]. For "God has given you the Spirit and has wrought mighty works among you" ( Galatians 3:5 ; Hebrews 10:32-36 ) [BENGEL]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

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