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2. "Was it by the works of the law that ye received the Spirit
(manifested by outward miracles,
Ga 3:5;
Mr 16:17;
Heb 2:4;
and by spiritual graces,
Ga 3:14;
Ga 4:5, 6;
Eph 1:13),
or by the hearing of faith?" The "only" implies, "I desire, omitting
other arguments, to rest the question on this alone"; I who was
your teacher, desire now to "learn" this one thing from you. The
epithet "Holy" is not prefixed to "Spirit" because that epithet is a
joyous one, whereas this Epistle is stern and reproving [BENGEL].
hearing of faith--Faith consists not in working, but in
receiving
(Ro 10:16, 17).
JFB.
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