I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
- KJV I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
- BSB I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
- NKJV I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
- NASB I have confidence in you in the Lord, that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear the punishment, whoever he is.
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Quick answer
Paul is confident in the Lord that they will not adopt a different view, while the troublemaker will bear his judgment. He trusts God to keep them and to deal with the agitator.
Overview
Despite his warnings, Paul expresses hope, grounded 'in the Lord,' that the Galatians will return to the truth. At the same time he assures them that whoever is unsettling them will face God's judgment. The verse balances pastoral confidence in God's preserving grace with a sober reminder of accountability for those who corrupt the gospel.
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- Gal 5:12I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
- Phil 3:15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
- 2 Cor 2:3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
- Gal 1:7and there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
- 1 Jn 2:18–26Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
- Gal 6:17From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
- Gal 2:4This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
- Acts 15:24Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
- 2 Cor 10:2Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
- Gal 2:6But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man) — they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
- 1 Tim 1:20of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
- 2 Cor 7:16I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.
- Gal 3:1Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?
- Gal 6:12–13As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
- 1 Cor 5:5are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- Gal 4:17They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
- 2 Cor 10:6and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
- 2 Cor 2:6This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
- 2 Cor 1:15In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
- Acts 15:1–2Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”
- 2 Cor 13:10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
- Gal 4:11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
- 2 Cor 5:16Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
- Gal 4:20but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
- Phlm 1:21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
- 2 Cor 8:22We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
- 2 Th 3:4We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
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