Galatians 3:5
He 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?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
4And have ye borne all these things in vain? And I would, it were in vain!
6In like manner Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Cross References
Acts 14:3And they continued there a long time, and spoke openly concerning the Lord; and he gave testimony to the word of his grace, by the signs and prodigies which he wrought by their hands.
Acts 19:11And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul:
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God at all times on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given to you in Jesus Messiah;
2 Corinthians 3:8how then shall not the ministration of the Spirit be still more glorious?
2 Corinthians 12:12I wrought among you the signs of the legates, with all patience; and in prodigies, and in wonders, and in mighty deeds.
Galatians 3:2This only would I learn from you, Was it by works of the law, that ye received the Spirit? 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 →