“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? — Paul's athletic metaphor portrays the Christian life as a 'dromos' (race, course); the Galatians had begun well ('kalos' — good, noble), but someone has 'anatemnō' (cut in on, disrupted) their trajectory, diverting them from 'apakoē tēs alētheias' (obedience to truth/the truth), the false teachers acting as obstacles.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:7
“You were running well; who did hinder you?” This is not an interrogation, but an expression of doubt and sorrow. How has such a course been cut short? Who has been able to do this? You who were superior to all and in the rank of teachers, have not even continued in the position of disciples. What has happened? Who could do this? These are rather the words of one who is exclaiming and lamenting, as he said before, “Who did bewitch you?” Galatians 3:1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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