Galatians 3:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:5-9

Galatians 3:5-9. He therefore Namely, God; that ministereth to you the Spirit Who is continually giving you additional supplies of grace by the Spirit; and worketh miracles, &c. Bestows the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit upon you; doeth he it by the works of the law Through your hearing and embracing the doctrine of those who inculcate the necessity of observing the ceremonies of the law; or by the hearing of faith By your hearing, receiving, and acquiescing in the doctrine... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:1-5

3:1-4:31 LAW-KEEPING HAS NO PLACE IN THE GOSPELExperience of the Galatians (3:1-5)When the Galatians first heard the gospel from Paul, they understood clearly that salvation was based solely on Christ’s death, and they gladly received it by faith. Now, because they have fallen under the power of the Judaisers, they have turned from this gospel and are trying to live according to the law (3:1-2). If the almighty power of God’s Spirit was necessary to save them from the penalty of sin, how do... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:5

ministereth , Greek. epichoregeo . See 2 Corinthians 9:10 . worketh . See Galatians 2:6 . miracles . Greek. dunamis . App-172 and App-176 . among. Greek. en . App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:5

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?Worketh miracles among you ... "This is exactly the same phrase as in 1 Corinthians 12:10,"[13] and logically refers to the miracles which Paul himself had performed among them, notable examples of which, as Ramsay pointed out, were: (1) the healing of the lame man at Lystra (Acts 14:9), and (2) the signs and wonders done at Iconium (Acts 14:3). Of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:5

Galatians 3:5. He that ministereth, &c.— The person meant here by he that ministereth, and ch. Gal 1:6 by him that called, is plainly St. Paul himself; though, out of modesty, he declines making use of his own name. It was certainly a great display of the divine wisdom to suffer such contentions to arise early in the church, as should make it necessary for the apostles to appeal to the miracles wrought before and upon those who were afterwards, in some degree, alienated from them, that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:5

5. He . . . that ministereth—or "supplieth," God ( :-). He who supplied and supplies to you the Spirit still, to the present time. These miracles do not prove grace to be in the heart (Mark 9:38; Mark 9:39). He speaks of these miracles as a matter of unquestioned notoriety among those addressed; an undesigned proof of their genuineness (compare Mark 9:39- :). worketh miracles among you—rather, "IN you," as Galatians 2:8; Matthew 14:2; Ephesians 2:2; Philippians 2:13; at your conversion and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:1-5

1. The experiential argument 3:1-5The apostle began to apply the principle stated in Galatians 2:15-21 to his audience. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:5

Question 4: What accounts for the miracles you witnessed (cf. Acts 14:3; Acts 14:8-10)? God did not perform them because the Galatians did something special to earn them. He gave them freely in response to their believing the gospel.Paul knew, of course, that miracles do not necessarily evidence that God is at work. Satan can empower people to do miracles too (2 Thessalonians 2:9; cf. Exodus 7:22; Exodus 8:7). He regarded the evidential value of miracles as secondary (e.g., Romans 15:19). Here... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Justification is by Faith, not Works1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit had not been through the works of the Law, but through faith, and appealing both to the testimony of their own consciences and to the teaching of sacred history in the parallel case of Abraham.Paraphrase. ’(1) You thoughtless Galatians have surely been bewitched. I told you plainly of Christ dying for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:1-5

III.(1-5) Whence this strange relapse? It is not as if you were ignorant of better things. The crucified Saviour, the one great object of faith, has been preached before you in a way too plain to be mistaken. It has been written, as it were, in large characters before your eyes. It could only be some kind of evil enchantment or fascination that has prevented you from looking upon it. You have given up Christ and gone back to the Law. Yet, let me ask you—and surely no other proof is needed—all... read more

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