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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

τοῦτο μόνον θέλω μαθεῖν ἀφ’ ὑμῶν, ἐξ ἔργων νόμου τὸ πνεῦμα ἐλάβετε ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως;

Greek NT

Hoc solum a vobis volo discere : ex operibus legis Spiritum accepistis, an ex auditu fidei ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

This only would I learn of you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μανθάνω
manthano
verb · 25×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἀκοή
akoe
noun · 24×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:21 — To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
  • 1Thess 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 1Tim 1:7 — Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
  • 2Cor 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
  • Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 8:15 — Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
  • Acts 10:44 — While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
  • Acts 11:15 — And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
  • Acts 15:8 — And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
  • Acts 19:2 — He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
  • Eph 1:13 — 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,
  • Gal 3:5 — 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?
  • Gal 3:5 — 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?
  • Gal 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.
  • Gal 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.
  • Heb 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
  • Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  • John 20:22 — And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
  • Rom 10:8 — But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
  • Rom 10:16 — But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
  • Rom 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.