Gal 5:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. This persuasion-- Greek, "The persuasion," namely, to which you are yielding. There is a play on words in the original, the Greek for persuasion being akin to "obey" ( ). This persuasion which ye have obeyed. cometh not of-- that is "from." Does not emanate from Him, but from an enemy. that calleth you-- ( ; ; ; ). The calling is the rule of the whole race [Bengel].

‏ Galatians 5:8

8. This persuasion--Greek, "The persuasion," namely, to which you are yielding. There is a play on words in the original, the Greek for persuasion being akin to "obey" (Ga 5:7). This persuasion which ye have obeyed.

cometh not of--that is "from." Does not emanate from Him, but from an enemy.

that calleth you--(Ga 5:13; Ga 1:6; Php 3:14; 1Th 5:24). The calling is the rule of the whole race [Bengel].