Galatians 3:2

This only I wish to learn of you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

In Context

1O thoughtless Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been plainly set forth crucified?

3Are you so thoughtless? After having begun in Spirit, do you make an end in flesh?

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Cross References

Acts 2:38And Peter said to them: Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:44While Peter was speaking these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all that heard the word.

Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, became a witness for them, by giving them the Holy Spirit, as he gave it also to us;

Romans 1:17For in it the righteousness of God by faith is revealed, in order to faith: as it is written, He that is justified by faith, shall live.

1 Corinthians 12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one, for the good of all.

Galatians 3:5He that supplies to you the Spirit, and works mighty deeds among you, does he this by works of law or by the hearing 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 →

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