Have ye suffered
3958 {3958} Primeπάσχωpascho{pas'-kho}
Apparently a primary verb (the third form used only in certain tenses for it); to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful).
z5627 <5627> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Indicative (See G5791) Count - 2138 plus 1 in a variant reading in a footnote
so many things
5118 {5118} Primeτοσοῦτοςtosoutos{tos-oo'-tos}
From τόσος [[tosos]] ( so much; apparently from G3588 and G3739) and G3778 (including its variations); so vast as this, that is, such (in quantity, amount, number or space).
in vain?
1500 {1500} Primeεἰκῇeike{i-kay'}
Probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure); idly, that is, without reason (or effect).
if
x1489 (1489) Complementεἴγεeige{i'-gheh}
From G1487 and G1065; if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise.
[ it be] yet
2532 {2532} Primeκαίkai{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
y1489 [1489] Standardεἴγεeige{i'-gheh}
From G1487 and G1065; if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise.
in vain.
1500 {1500} Primeεἰκῇeike{i-kay'}
Probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure); idly, that is, without reason (or effect). |
Galatians 3:4
_ _ 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]. |
Galatians 3:4
Have ye suffered — Both from the zealous Jews and from the heathens. So many things — For adhering to the gospel. In vain — So as to lose all the blessings which ye might have obtained, by enduring to the end. If it be yet in vain — As if he had said, I hope better things, even that ye will endure to the end. |
Galatians 3:4
(3) Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.
(3) An exhortation by manner of reproach, so that they do not in vain suffer so many conflicts. |
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Ezekiel 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Hebrews 6:4-6 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, ... If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
Hebrews 10:32-39 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; ... But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
2 Peter 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. ... But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
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