Galatians 3:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Did you experience so many things[a] in vain?—if indeed it was in vain. 5 Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you and works mighty deeds among you do so from works of the law or from faith in what you heard?(A) 6 Thus Abraham “believed God,(B) and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[b]
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- 3:4 Experience so many things: probably the mighty deeds of Gal 1:5 but possibly the experience of sufferings.
- 3:6 Abraham…righteousness: see Gn 15:6; Rom 4:3. The Galatians like Abraham heard with faith and experienced justification. This first argument forms the basis for the further scriptural evidence that follows.
Galatians 3:4-6
New International Version
4 Have you experienced[a] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(A) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(B) 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[b](C)
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
- Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
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