1. Galates 5:7 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

What is the purpose of Paul’s rhetorical question, "Who hindered you from obeying the truth?"?

Galates 5:7 (NEG79)

7 Vous couriez bien: qui vous a arrêtés pour vous empêcher d'obéir à la vérité?

Paul knows that the Judaizers have come and pressured the Galatians to submit to the demands of the old covenant law (Acts 15:1). He asks a question in order to help the Galatians realize that they are being deceived by outsiders (Judaizers),1 and kept from obeying the truth of the gospel (righteousness through faith in Christ).2