Galatians 3:2 KJV — MannaFest

Galatians 3:2

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

KJV

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ASV

This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

WEB

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

YLT

this only do I wish to learn from you--by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith?

DBT

This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?

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Galatians — Paul's gospel defended against a different gospel. Biography, then argument, then ethics — the Magna Carta of Christian liberty.

Author: Paul (1:1), no co-sender
Date: c. AD 48–49 (south-Galatia view) or c. AD 53–55 (north-Galatia view)

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29 verses on the floor

Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:16–17
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Galatians 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Acts 15:8
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Ephesians 1:13–14
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

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This they could not say, for that doctrine had not then been preached to them, nor had they, as Gentiles, any pretence to justification in that way. Or was it by the hearing of faith, that is, the preaching of the doctrine of faith in Christ as the only way of justification?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I who was your teacher, desire now to "learn" this one thing from you. The epithet "Holy" is not prefixed to "Spirit" because that epithet is a joyous one, whereas this Epistle is stern and reproving [BENGEL]. hearing of faith--Faith consists not in working, but in receiving (Ro 10:16, 17).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G3441110× in canon G2041168× in canon G3551192× in canon G2309208× in canon G4102242× in canon G2983257× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GAL 3:2GAL 3:14 GAL 3:28-29
GAL 3:2GAL 3:14 1CO 12:13
GAL 3:2GAL 3:14 EPH 2:18
GAL 3:2GAL 3:14 EZE 36:26-27
GAL 3:2GAL 3:14 EZE 11:19
GAL 3:2GAL 3:5 ACT 14:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GAL 3:2GAL 3:5 ACT 14:9-10
GAL 3:2GAL 3:5 ACT 19:11-12

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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