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Galatians 3

Gal. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Have ye suffered
pascho (Greek #3958)
to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)
KJV usage: feel, passion, suffer, vex.
Pronounce: pas'-kho
Origin: πάθω (path'-o), and πένθω (pen'-tho), used only in certain tenses for it apparently a primary verb
so βmany things
tosoutos (Greek #5118)
so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
KJV usage: as large, so great (long, many, much), these many.
Pronounce: tos-oo'-tos
Origin: from τόσος (so much; apparently from 3588 and 3739) and 3778 (including its variations)
in vain
eike (Greek #1500)
idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)
KJV usage: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).
Pronounce: i-kay'
Origin: probably from 1502 (through the idea of failure)
? if
eige (Greek #1489)
if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise
KJV usage: if (so be that, yet).
Pronounce: i'-gheh
Origin: from 1487 and 1065
it be yet
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
in vain
eike (Greek #1500)
idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)
KJV usage: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).
Pronounce: i-kay'
Origin: probably from 1502 (through the idea of failure)
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or, great.
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2 John 8• 8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. (2 John 8)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ezek. 18:24• 24But 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. (Ezek. 18:24)
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Heb. 6:4‑6• 4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
 6If 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. (Heb. 6:4‑6)
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Heb. 10:32‑39• 32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
 33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
 34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
 36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
 37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
 38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
 39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb. 10:32‑39)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For 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.
 21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 22But 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 Peter 2:20‑22)
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2 John 8• 8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. (2 John 8)
so many.
or, so great.
• They had suffered for the gospel, for the pure gospel, unadulterated with Judaism and the law: was it then all in vain? (“Galatians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The persecution they had endured had mainly come from the Jews who, in seeking to maintain the law, had crucified Christ and resisted the Spirit. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)
• If these Galatian saints turned back to the law, the Jews would have no quarrel with them; the persecution had been unnecessary and would surely cease. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?

W. Kelly Translation

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Suffered ye so many things in vain, if indeed in vain?