Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
In Context
4Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
Cross References
Psalms 25:3Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
Psalms 62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
John 16:8And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through 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 →