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Galatians 3:4
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Did you experience so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing?
Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? If it be yet in vaine.
Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
Were all your experiences wasted? I hope not!
Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing—if indeed it was all for nothing?
Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
Did you suffer so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?
Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
Have you gone through all of this for nothing? Is it all really for nothing?
Have you suffered so much for nothing? If that's the way you think, your suffering certainly will have been for nothing!
Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?
You have experienced many things. Were all those experiences wasted? I hope they were not wasted!
Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? if so be it be euen in vaine.
Have you believed all these things at random? I hope that it is to no purpose.
Did all your experience mean nothing at all? Surely it meant something!
Have you suffered so many things for nothing—if indeed also it was for nothing?
Did you suffer so much vainly, if indeed it also was vainly?
Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.
Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
Did you suffer so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing!)Hebrews 10:35-36; 2 John 1:1:8;">[xr]
And all these have you borne in vain? But would it be in vain? [fn]
And have ye borne all these things in vain? And I would, it were in vain !
Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne? Yf it be yet in vayne.
Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
Have ye suffered so many things in vain?
Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?
So grete thingis ye han suffrid without cause, if it be withoute cause.
Did you suffer so many things in vain? if it is indeed in vain.
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it is] yet in vain.
Have you suffered so many things for nothing?—if indeed it was for nothing.
Have you suffered so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain?
Have you experienced so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?
You suffered so much because of the Good News you received. Was this all of no use?
Did you experience so much for nothing?—if it really was for nothing.
Such things, suffered ye, in vain, - if at least it is even in vain?
Have you suffered so great things in vain? If it be yet in vain.
Did you experience so many things in vain? --if it really is in vain.
So many thinges there ye have suffred in vayne if yt be vayne.
so many things did ye suffer in vain! if, indeed, even in vain.
Haue ye suffred so moch in vayne? Yf it be els in vayne.
have you suffered so many things in vain?
Was everything you heard and saw a waste? I hope it wasn't all in vain.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye: Ezekiel 18:24, Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:32-39, 2 Peter 2:20-22, 2 John 1:8
so many: or, so great
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:26 - hast been Ezra 9:13 - after all Luke 8:13 - receive 1 Corinthians 15:2 - unless 2 Corinthians 6:1 - ye James 1:26 - this
Cross-References
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Now therefore thus saith the Lord , Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Have ye suffered so many things in vain?.... These Galatians had suffered great reproach, many afflictions and persecutions for the sake of the Gospel, as all that embrace it must expect to do; and which to them that persevere in the faith of the Gospel will not be in vain, they will be followed with eternal life and glory; not that these things are meritorious of such happiness, or deserve such a reward; the reward of them is not of debt, but of grace. But, if such who have made a profession, and have suffered for it, should after all relinquish it, their sufferings for it are in vain; they will come short of that glory which is promised to them that suffer for righteousness sake: and this is another aggravation of the folly of these persons, that they should suffer so much persecution for the Gospel, which, if not true, they must have suffered in vain, and might as well have avoided it; and, if true, by relinquishing it not only sustain a great loss, but bring great hurt and damage to themselves:
if it be yet in vain; by which words the apostle does, as it were, correct himself, and expresses his hope of them, that they would see their mistake, revoke their error, and abide by the truth of the Gospel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? - Paul reminds them of what they had endured on account of their attachment to Christianity. He assures them, that if the opinions on account of which they had suffered were false, then their sufferings had been in vain. They were of no use to them - for what advantage was it to suffer for a false opinion? The opinions for which they had suffered had not been these which they now embraced. They were not those connected with the observance of the Jewish rites. They had suffered on account of their having embraced the gospel, the system of justification by a crucified Redeemer; and now, if those sentiments were wrong, why, their sufferings had been wholly in vain; see this argument pursued at much greater length in 1Co 15:18-19, 1 Corinthians 15:29-32. If it be yet in vain. That is, I trust it is not in vain. I hope you have not so far abandoned the gospel, that all your sufferings in its behalf have been of no avail. I believe the system is true; and if true, and you are sincere Christians, it will not he in vain that you have suffered in its behalf, though you have gone astray. I trust, that although your principles have been shaken, yet they have not been wholly overthrown, and that you will not reap the reward of your having suffered so much on account of the gospel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Galatians 3:4. Have ye suffered so many things in vain? — Have ye received and lost so much good? The verb ÏαÏÏÏν, as compounded with ÎµÏ , well, or κακÏÏ, ill, and often without either, signifies to suffer pain or loss, or to possess and enjoy. In such a case the man is considered as the patient, and the good or ill acts upon him. Though it is possible that the Galatians had suffered some persecution for the truth of Christ, yet it is as likely that the apostle refers to the benefits which they had received. Ye have received faith, the pardon of your sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with it many extraordinary gifts and graces; and have ye suffered the loss of all these things? Have ye received all these in vain? if yet in vain-if it be credible that ye have sacrificed so many excellent benefits for an imaginary good.
