Galatians 3:1-5 “Works of the Law or Hearing with Faith”

Do we receive the Spirit by works or hearing with faith? This week we look deeper at Galatians 3:1 -5 and the questions that Paul raises.

Galatians 3:1-5 (ESV)

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by[a] the flesh? Did you suffer[b] so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

 

 

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