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You were running well; who prevented you from obeying[a] the truth? This persuasion[b] does not come from the one who calls you! A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise![c]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:7 tn Or “following.” BDAG 792 s.v. πείθω 3.b states, “obey, follow w. dat. of the pers. or thing…Gal 3:1 v.l.; 5:7.”
  2. Galatians 5:8 tn Grk “The persuasion,” referring to their being led away from the truth (v. 7). There is a play on words here that is not easily reproducible in the English translation: The words translated “obey” (πείθεσθαι, peithesthai) in v. 7 and “persuasion” (πεισμονή, peismonē) in v. 8 come from the same root in Greek.
  3. Galatians 5:9 tn Grk “A little leaven leavens the whole lump.”