And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
Galatians 3:2 - New Revised Standard Version The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [Was it from observing a law of rituals or from a message of faith?] American Standard Version (1901) This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Common English Bible I just want to know this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the Law or by believing what you heard? Catholic Public Domain Version I wish to know only this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This only would I learn of you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? |
And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”
To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law) so that I might win those outside the law.
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you submit to it readily enough.
in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.
For indeed the good news came to us just as to them; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.
For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!