What was undermining the Gentile believers in Galatia?
The Gentile believers in Galatia were being undermined by the teaching that they had to keep the Law. They had come out of paganism through Paul's Gospel, but were being deluged and undermined by this teaching, which hindered them from obeying the truth.
Les explains that these Gentiles had come out of paganism as a result of Paul's Gospel. They were being deluged and literally undermined by the teaching that they had to keep the Law. In Galatians 5:7, Paul asks them, "You did run well, who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth?" Paul is putting them on the defensive by asking questions, just as the Lord did, not because He needed the answer but to make His subject consider the matter.
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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Who were the Galatian Gentiles and what was happening to them when Paul wrote?
The Gentiles addressed in Galatians had come out of paganism through Paul's Gospel and were now being deluged and undermined by the teaching that they had to keep the Law, which is why Paul asks who hindered them from obeying the truth.
What was happening to the Galatian Gentiles who had come out of paganism?
The Gentiles Paul addressed had come out of paganism through Paul's gospel but were being deluged and undermined by the teaching that they had to keep the Law.