<p>5:10 <i>I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine</i>- Paul is both despairing and confident about them within a chapter or so. We get the impression that he had over invested in them personally and was taking it all too personally. Hence he speaks here of them taking &quot;no other view than mine&quot;, which sounds rather as if he has personalized the whole thing in a wrong way.</p><p>We can however read Paul's confidence as an imputing of righteousness to the Galatians, and recognizing their status in Christ. Recognizing others as being &ldquo;in Christ&rdquo; imparts an altogether higher quality to our relationships. The cynicism and negativity which we naturally bring to many inter-personal encounters is taken away by a deep recognition that our brethren are indeed in the Lord. Having noted that the Galatians did not any longer &ldquo;believe the truth&rdquo;, Paul can say that he has &ldquo;confidence to you-ward in the Lord&rdquo; (Gal. 5:10 RV). Because they were &ldquo;in the Lord&rdquo;, he could hope against all human indications, that they would indeed rise up to an imitation of the Lord in whom Paul believed them to be. And so we have to ask ourselves, whether we indeed have that &ldquo;confidence&rdquo; about others, because we know them to be &ldquo;in the Lord&rdquo;? Or do we judge them after the flesh&hellip;?</p><p><i>And the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is- </i>This would imply that the whole Judaistic campaign in Galatia was led by one person, the little / small leaven which was influencing the whole lump. &quot;Whoever he is&quot; connects with the spirit of 2:6: &quot;But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatever they were, it makes no matter to me, God does not accept man's person) they, I say, who were of repute added nothing to me&quot;. We could assume that the individual was of some respect within the churches of Galatia.</p>