Galatians 3:2
This only would I learn from you, Was it by works of the law, that ye received the Spirit? or by the hearing of faith?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
3Are ye so foolish, that having begun in the Spirit, ye now would consummate in the flesh?
Cross References
Acts 2:38Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44And while Simon was uttering these things, the Holy Spirit overshadowed all them that were hearing the word.
Acts 15:8And God, who knoweth what is in hearts, bore testimony concerning them, and gave the Holy Spirit to them, even as to us.
Romans 1:17For in it is revealed the righteousness of God, from faith to faith; as it is written, The righteous by faith, shall live.
1 Corinthians 12:7And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him.
Galatians 3:5He therefore who giveth the Spirit in you, and who worketh miracles among you, doth he these things by the deeds of the 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 →