Galatians 3:5
He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
4Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?
6even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?
Cross References
Acts 14:3Yet Paul and Barnabas remained there for a considerable time, speaking freely and relying on the Lord, while He bore witness to the Message of His grace by permitting signs and marvels to be done by them.
Acts 19:11God also brought about extraordinary miracles through Paul's instrumentality.
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--
2 Corinthians 3:8will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?
2 Corinthians 12:12The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.
Galatians 3:2Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"
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 →