Gal 3:3 | NET2full | STEP | Are you so foolish ? Although you began with the Spirit , are you now trying to finish by human effort ?

‏ Galatians 3:3

3 Are you so foolish? Although you began ^{▼▼tn Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.} with ^{▼▼tn Or “by the Spirit.”} the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ^{▼▼tn The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisthe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.} by human effort? ^{▼▼tn Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”}