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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.
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
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?
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 seide to the womman, Whi didist thou this thing? Which answerde, The serpent disseyued me, and Y eet.
and whanne he hath herd the wordis of this ooth, he blesse hym silf in his herte, and seie, Pees schal be to me, and Y schal go in the schrewidnesse of myn herte; and lest the drunkun take the thirsti,
For which thing the Lord seith these thingis, Thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist.
And thei answeriden to hym, A man mette vs, and seide to vs, Go ye, turne ye ayen to the kyng, that sente you; and ye schulen seie to him, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether for God was not in Israel, thou sendist, that Belzebub, god of Acharon, be counselid? Therfor thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist, but thou schalt die bi deeth.
and he spak to the kyng, The Lord seith thes thingis, For thou sentist messangeris to counsele Belzebub, god of Acharon, as if no God were in Israel, of whom thow myytist axe a word; therfor thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist, but thou schalt die bi deeth.
And Elisee seide, Go thou, and seye to hym, Thou schalt be heelid; forsothe the Lord schewide to me that he schal die bi deth.
For he seide in his herte, God hath foryete; he hath turned awei his face, that he se not in to the ende.
that we be not disseyued of Sathanas; for we knowen hise thouytis.
But Y drede, lest as the serpent disseyuede Eue with his sutil fraude, so youre wittis ben corrupt, and fallen doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist.
and Adam was not disseyued, but the womman was disseyued, in breking of the lawe.
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.
