Galatians 3:2
This only would I learn of you, Did ye receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3Are ye so void of understanding? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Cross References
Acts 2:38And Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Spirit:
Acts 10:44While Peter was yet speaking these words, the holy Spirit fell upon all them that heard the word.
Acts 15:8And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:
Romans 1:17for the righteousness of God is therein revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
1 Corinthians 12:7But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the advantage of all.
Galatians 3:5He therefore that imparteth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doth he it by the works of the law, or by the doctrine 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 →