Paul is using irony and a rhetorical question to say that the Galatians are acting as though someone has put a spell on them. He does not really believe that someone has put a spell on them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]], [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
## evil eye ##
This term is related to witchcraft and the casting of spells. It is used in a figurative sense here. If your language has a different way to express the placing of a spell on someone, you may want to use it here.
## Was not Jesus Christ depicted as crucified before your eyes? ##
This is another rhetorical question: "I told you exactly how they had crucified Jesus Christ" (UDB).
## I only want to learn this from you ##
This continues the irony from verse 1. Paul knows the answers to the rhetorical questions he is about to ask. As you translate, emphasize <b>this</b> and <b>only,<b> as these are the most important words in the sentence.
## this ##
refers to the three questions that follow
## Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing in what you heard ##
"You received the Spirit, not by doing what the law says, but by believing what you heard." Translate this rhetorical question as a question if you can, because the reader will be expecting a question here. Also, be sure that the reader knows that the answer to the question is "by believing what you heard," not "by doing what the law says."
## Are you so foolish? ##
This rhetorical question not only says "You(plural) are very foolish!" (UDB), it also shows that Paul is surprised and even angry that the Galatians are foolish.
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