Galatians 3:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ οὖν ἐπιχορηγῶν ὑμῖν τὸ Πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐνεργῶν δυνάμεις ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως;

Transliteration

The one therefore epichorēgōn to you the Pneuma, and energōn dynameis in you, out of ergōn of nomou, or out of akoēs of pisteōs?

Grammar Details

*epichorēgōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - supplying/providing
*Pneuma*: accusative, neuter, singular - Spirit
*energōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - working/effecting/producing
*dynameis*: accusative, feminine, plural - miracles/powers/mighty works
*ergōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - works/deeds
*nomou*: genitive, masculine, singular - law
*akoēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - hearing/message heard
*pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - faith/belief/trust

Word Meanings

*epichorēgōn*: supplying/providing generously/furnishing
*Pneuma*: Spirit/spirit/breath
*energōn*: working/effecting/producing/operating
*dynameis*: miracles/powers/mighty works/demonstrations of power
*ergōn*: works/deeds/actions
*nomou*: law/legal system/Torah
*akoēs*: hearing/message heard/report
*pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 1:4-5 : 4 I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus; 5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
Gal 3:2 : 2 This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
Acts 14:3 : 3 Long time therefore {G3303} they tarried [there] speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, {G2532} granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 14:9-9 : 9 The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole, 10 said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
Acts 19:11-12 : 11 And God wrought {G3756} special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 insomuch that {G2532} unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out.
2 Cor 13:3 : 3 seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.
1 Cor 12:10 : 10 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
2 Cor 3:8 : 8 how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

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