1. Galatians 4:17 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who are the people that are trying to make much of (or "win over," NIV) the Galatians?

Galatians 4:17 (ESV)

17 They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.

The Judaizers were trying to make much of the Galatians. Judaizers is a name given to Christian believers from a Jewish background who wanted Gentile believers to submit to and keep the old covenant law (Acts 15:1, Acts 15:5).1