Catholic Public Domain Version
"Are you so foolish that, though you began with the Spirit, you would now end with the flesh? "
— Galatians 3:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh? ”
“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?”
“Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?”
“Are you so foolish that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?”
“Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?”
“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”
O senseless Galatians, who has so fascinated you that you would not obey the truth, even though Jesus Christ has been presented before your eyes, crucified among you?
I wish to know only this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Are you so foolish that, though you began with the Spirit, you would now end with the flesh?
Have you been suffering so much without a reason? If so, then it is in vain.
Therefore, does he who distributes the Spirit to you, and who works miracles among you, act by the works of the law, or by the hearing of the faith?
It is just as it was written: “Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.”