Galatians 5:5
For we, through the Spirit which we obtain by faith, wait for the hope of righteousness.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
In Context
4You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.
Cross References
John 16:8And when he has come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Romans 8:23and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which was by law, but the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith,
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →