Galatians 5 · Verse 8

Galatians 5:8

This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

Galatians 5:8, King James Version

Galatians 5:8 in other translations

BSB	Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
WEB	This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
ASV	This persuasion came not of him that calleth you.
YLT	the obedience is not of him who is calling you!
DARBY	The persuasibleness is not of him that calls you.
BBE	This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.
Webster	This persuasion cometh not from him that calleth you.

What does Galatians 5:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

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].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 8. This persuasion. This belief that it is necessary to obey the laws of Moses, and to intermingle the observance of the Jewish rites with the belief of the Christian doctrines in order to be saved.

Not of him that calleth you. That is, of God, who had called them into his kingdom. That it refers to God, and not to Paul, is plain. They knew well enough that Paul had not persuaded them to it, and it was important now to show them that it could not be traced to God, though they who taught it pretended to be commissioned by him.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 This persuasion - Of the necessity of your being circumcised and obeying the law of Moses, is not of him that calleth you. I never preached such a doctrine to you; I called you out of bondage to liberty, from a galling yoke to a cheerful service. Some translate πεισμονη, obedience or subjection. This subjection of yours to the Mosaic law is opposed to the will of God, and never was preached by me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Galatians 5:7-12

The life of a Christian is a race, wherein he must run, and hold on, if he would obtain the prize. It is not enough that we profess Christianity, but we must run well, by living up to that profession. Many who set out fairly in religion, are hindered in their progress, or turn out of the way. It concerns those who begin to turn out of the way, or to tire in it, seriously to inquire what hinders them. The opinion or…

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Galatians 5:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἡhē[This]G3588

πεισμονὴpeismonēpersuasion [is]G3988

οὐκouknotG3756

ἐκekofG1537

τοῦtouthe [One]G3588

καλοῦντοςkalountoscallingG2564

ὑμᾶς.humasyou.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Galatians 5:8

Galatians 1:6
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Galatians 5:7
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Galatians 5:8
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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Galatians 5:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Esta persuasión no es de aquel que os llama.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La persuasion ne vient pas de celui qui vous appelle.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Überredung ist nicht von dem, der euch beruft.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	persuasio hæc non est ex eo, qui vocat vos.