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Galatians 3:5

King James Version (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?

Translations

Galatians 3:5 - Amplified Bible

Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully {and} miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in {and} adhering to {and} trusting in {and} relying on the message that you heard?

Galatians 3:5 - American Standard Version

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?

Galatians 3:5 - Bible in Basic English

He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

Galatians 3:5 - Darby Bible

He therefore who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, [is it] on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?

Galatians 3:5 - English Standard Version

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–

Galatians 3:5 - King James Version

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?

Galatians 3:5 - La Biblia de las Americas

Aquel, pues, que os suministra el Espìritu y hace milagros entre vosotros, ¿lo hace por las obras de la ley o por el oìr con fe?

Galatians 3:5 - The Message

Answer this question: Does the God who lavishly provides you with his own presence, his Holy Spirit, working things in your lives you could never do for yourselves, does he do these things because of your strenuous moral striving or because you trust him to do them in you? Don’t these things happen among you just as they happened with Abraham? He believed God, and that act of belief was turned into a life that was right with God.

Galatians 3:5 - New American Standard Bible

So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

Galatians 3:5 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Aquél, pues, que les suministra el Espìritu y hace milagros entre ustedes, ¿lo hace por las obras de la Ley o por el oìr con fe?

Galatians 3:5 - World English Bible

He therefore that supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

Galatians 3:5 - Young's Living Translation

He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith [is it]?

Galatians 3:5 - Additional Comments

To begin the day:
- Acknowledge that apart from Christ I can do nothing of eternal value (John 15:5). I acknowledge with Paul in Romans 7:18, "In me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing." I acknowledge that the old "I" which loved to deny this fact was crucified with Christ.
- Pray with Paul in 1 Thess. 3:12 that Christ would make me abound in love. I pray that grace might reign in my life through righteousness (Rom. 5:21). I pray that God would produce in me the obedience he demands (Heb. 13:21; 2 Thess. 1:11).
- Trust - this is the key because this verse (verse 5) says the ongoing work of the Spirit to enable us to love as we ought happens only as we trust the promises of God (Gal. 5:6). So by faith I lay hold on a promise like Isaiah 41:10: "Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." I trust that as I act it will not be I but the power of Christ in me and me only clinging to him in faith.
- Act in obedience to God's word. But, O, what a world of difference now between such an act and what Paul calls works of law. The acknowledgment that I am helpless, the prayer for divine enablement, the trust that Christ himself is my help and strength--these transform the act so that it is a fruit of the Spirit not a work of the flesh.
- Thank God for whatever good may have come of your life (Col. 1:3-5). I thank him for conquering at least in some measure my selfishness and pride. I give him the glory (1 Pet. 4:11).
Check your testimony against that of Paul who said in 1 Cor. 15:10, "I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God which was with me." And in Romans 15:18, "I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me." So we are back to the main point of 3:1-5 stated in 5:5. Through the Spirit (not the flesh) by faith (not works) we wait for the hope of righteousness. Only when that is true can we say, "I am sure that the one who began a good work in me, he (and he alone!) will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6).

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