Verse 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 since [ALFORD].
doeth he it by the works of the law—that is, as a consequence resulting from (so the Greek) the works of the law (compare Philippians 2:13- :). This cannot be because the law was then unknown to you when you received those gifts of the Spirit.
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