Galatians 3:5
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
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ASV
He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
KJV
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | The [One] | G3588 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| ἐπιχορηγῶν | epichorēgōn | supplying | G2023 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | Spirit | G4151 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐνεργῶν | energōn | working | G1754 → |
| δυνάμεις | dunameis | miracles | G1411 → |
| ἐν | en | among | G1722 → |
| ὑμῖν, | humin | you, | G4771 → |
| ἐξ | ex | [is it] out of | G1537 → |
| ἔργων | ergōn | works | G2041 → |
| νόμου | nomou | of the Law | G3551 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| ἐξ | ex | out of | G1537 → |
| ἀκοῆς | akoēs | hearing | G189 → |
| πίστεως; | pisteōs | of faith? | G4102 → |
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