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Galatians 3:2–5

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2Let me ask you only this: bDid you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by chearing with faith? 3Are you so foolish? dHaving begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by1 the flesh? 4eDid you suffer2 so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and fworks miracles among you do so gby works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or now ending with
  2. 2Or experience

Cross references

  1. bver. 14; Eph. 1:13; Heb. 6:4; See Acts 15:8
  2. cRom. 10:17
  3. dPhil. 1:6; [ch. 4:9]
  4. e1 Cor. 15:2; [Heb. 10:35; 2 John 8]
  5. f[1 Cor. 12:10]
  6. gver. 2

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh? Did you experience so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing? So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard—

NLTNew Living Translation

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ. How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? Have you experienced so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?

I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I want only to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to be made complete by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things for nothing—if indeed also it was for nothing? Therefore does the one who gives you the Spirit and who works miracles among you do so by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

KJV 1900King James Version

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 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?