Galatians 3:3

New International Version

³Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?^[a]

Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

Galatians 3:3

King James Version

³Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

⁴Have you experienced^[a] so much in vain—if it really was in vain?

⁴Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

New International Version (NIV)