Galatians 3:3

3:3 Are you so foolish? Although you began ¹  with ²  the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ³  by human effort? ⁴ 

Galatians 4:29

4:29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent ⁵  persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, ⁶  so it is now.

Galatians 6:2

6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

¹ tn Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.

² tn Or “by the Spirit.”

³ tn The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.

⁴ tn Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”

⁵ tn Grk “according to the flesh”; see the note on the phrase “by natural descent” in 4:23.

⁶ tn Or “the one born by the Spirit’s [power].”