Galater 3:5

Schlachter Bibel

Der euch nun den Geist darreicht und Kräfte in euch wirken läßt, [tut er es] durch Gesetzeswerke oder durch die Predigt vom Glauben?

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Der euch nun den Geist reicht und tut solche Taten unter euch, tut er's durch des Gesetzes Werke oder durch die Predigt vom Glauben?

Bible Verse Review
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that: Galatians 3:2, 2 Corinthians 3:8

worketh: Acts 14:3, Acts 14:9, Acts 14:10, Acts 19:11, Acts 19:12, Romans 15:19, 1 Corinthians 1:4, 1 Corinthians 1:5, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 12:12, 2 Corinthians 13:3

by the works: Galatians 3:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 35:35 - the cunning Acts 19:2 - We have Romans 10:8 - the word of faith Romans 15:16 - ministering 1 Corinthians 1:6 - was 1 Corinthians 12:10 - the working 2 Corinthians 6:6 - by the Galatians 2:8 - the same Galatians 3:14 - might 1 Timothy 1:7 - to Hebrews 6:4 - partakers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit,.... By whom he means not himself, nor any other minister of the Gospel, in whose power it does not lie to minister the Spirit, either the ordinary or the extraordinary gifts of it unto men; but either God or Christ who had ministered, and still continued to minister the grace of the Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel; or rather the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, which were manifested at the first preaching of the Gospel to them for the confirmation of it, and which they were still supplied with, as the following words show:

and worketh miracles among you; so that this is a distinct argument from that in Galatians 3:2 and a further proof and aggravation of the folly and stupidity of the members of this church, who had not only received through the Gospel the Spirit, as a spirit of regeneration, at least many of them, but had seen the Gospel confirmed by the extraordinary gifts, signs, and wonders of the Holy Ghost, and which were still among them; and yet they were departing from this Gospel, through which all this was done: for it is asked,

doth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? and the apostle's meaning is, that these extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, and these miracles done among them, did not attend the preaching of the law, or the doctrine of justification by works, taught by the false apostles, but the doctrine of faith, of justification by faith in the righteousness of Christ, delivered by him and others, for the truth of which he appeals to themselves; and therefore they must be guilty of the most egregious folly, once to think of, or take anyone step towards a departure from that doctrine. The Alexandrian copy reads here, as in Galatians 3:2, "received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He therefore that ministereth ... - This verse contains substantially a repetition of the argument in Galatians 3:2. The argument is, that the gift of the Holy Spirit to them was not imparted in consequence of the observance of the Law of Moses, but in connection with the preaching of the gospel. By the word “he” in this place, Clarke, Doddridge, Bloomfield, Chandler, Locke and many others, suppose that the apostle means himself Bloomfield says, that it is the common opinion of “all the ancient commentators.” But this seems to me a strange opinion. The obvious reference, it seems to me, is to God, who had furnished or imparted to them the remarkable influences of the Holy Spirit, and this had been done in connection with the preaching of the gospel, and not by the observance of the Law. If, however, it refers to Paul, it means that he had been made the agent or instrument in imparting to them those remarkable endowments, and that this had been done by one who had not enforced the necessity of obeying the Law of Moses, but who had preached to them the simple gospel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Galatians 3:5. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit — The apostle means himself: he had been the means of conveying the Holy Spirit to them, and by that Spirit he wrought miracles among them; and he did all this, not as a Jew, (for as such he had no power,) but he did all as a believer in Christ. The word επιχορηγων, which we translate ministereth, is very emphatic, and signifies leading up the chorus, bringing up one after another, adding grace to grace, benefit to benefit; so that it appears that they had not only some, but many benefits; God, by means of his apostle, having greatly enriched them with various spiritual blessings.