Galatians 3:2

New English Translation

²The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law^[a] or by believing what you heard?^[b]

Galatians 3:2 tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law,” a reference to observing the Mosaic law.
Galatians 3:2 tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith.” Because the genitive noun πίστεως (pisteōs, “of faith”) is impersonal here, an objective genitive was preferred rather than a subjective genitive. See also v. 5.

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