Galatians 5:10 (DBY)

Passage

*I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:8 The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

Galatians 5:10 *I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

Galatians 5:11 But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

Galatians 5:12 I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "confidence", "lord", "other", "mind", "troubling", "shall", "bear", and "guilt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "confidence" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "A little leaven leavens the whole lump..." into verse 11's "But I brethren if I yet preach...", so "confidence" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "confidence" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.