Want of Perseverance
T. Adams. Galatians 5:7 You did run well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth? The leopard does not run after his prey like other beasts, but pursues it by leaping; and if at three or four jumps he cannot seize it, for very indignation he gives over the chase. They are some who, if they cannot leap into heaven by a few good works, will even let it alone; as if it were to be ascended by leaping, not by climbing. But they are most unwise, who, having got up many rounds of Jacob's ladder, and finding difficulties in some of the uppermost — whether a-wrestling with assaults and troubles, or looking down upon their old allurements — even fairly descend with Demas, and allow others to take heaven. (T. Adams.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? WEB: You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?