Galatians 3:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5 : 4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus; 5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;
  • Gal 3:2 : 2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
  • 2 Cor 10:4 : 4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
  • Acts 14:3 : 3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
  • Acts 14:9-9 : 9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.
  • Acts 19:11-12 : 11 And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul: 12 So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
  • 2 Cor 13:3 : 3 Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:
  • 2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
  • 2 Cor 3:8 : 8 Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

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  • Gal 3:2-4
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    2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

    3 Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

    4 Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

    12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

    17 But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Gal 5:4-6
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    4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

    5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

    6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

  • Rom 4:4-5
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    4 Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

    5 But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 10:17
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    17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • Heb 2:4
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    4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

  • Gal 3:21
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    21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

  • Jas 2:22
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    22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

  • Gal 3:9
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    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

  • Jas 2:17-18
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    17 Even so faith without works is dead.

    18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Rom 3:30-31
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    30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

    31 Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

  • 1 Cor 12:9
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    9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

  • Jas 2:24
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    24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

  • Gal 5:18
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    18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

  • Acts 3:16
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    16 And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.

  • Eph 2:8
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    8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

  • Jas 2:14
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    14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

  • Rom 1:17
    70%

    17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Jas 2:26
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    26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Rom 11:6
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    6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

  • 2 Cor 3:8
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    8 Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

  • Jas 2:20
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    20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5 Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Eph 3:7
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    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

  • Rom 4:14
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    14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

  • Rom 3:22
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    22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

  • Rom 4:16
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    16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • 2 Cor 3:6
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    6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.