Galatians 3:2
I only want to learn this from you. Did ye receive the Spirit from works of law, or from a listening ear of faith?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Are ye so foolish, having begun in Spirit, are ye now made perfect by flesh?
Cross References
Acts 2:38And Peter said to them, Repent ye, and be immersed each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44While Peter still spoke these sayings, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us.
Romans 1:17For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith for faith, just as it is written, And the righteous man will live from faith.
1 Corinthians 12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each man toward that which is beneficial.
Galatians 3:5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and who works miracles among you, is it from works of law or from a listening ear of faith?
Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:2-6
Justification by Faith. ( a. d. 56.) 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and… Read the whole commentary →