Galatians 3:2
This only I desire to learn from you: Was it from the works of the Law that ye received the Spirit, or by the preaching of faith?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Are ye so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, do ye now end with the flesh?
Cross References
Acts 2:38But Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized to the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all that heard the word.
Acts 15:8And God, who knoweth the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, as he gave it to us;
Romans 1:17For therein is revealed the righteousness which is of God from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
1 Corinthians 12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the good of others.
Galatians 3:5Doth he then who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by the preaching 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 →