Galatians 5:5

For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

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In The King James Version

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

In Context

4You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Psalms 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

John 16:8When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

Romans 8:23Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from 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 →

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