Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 5:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? {hinder you: or, drive you back}”
Galatians 5:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? {hinder you: or, drive you back}
This persuasion {cometh} not of him that calleth you.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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