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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 3, Verse 2

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This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
King James Version
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
American Standard Version
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?
New English Translation
Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.
World English Bible
I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
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Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.
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He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
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Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
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But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
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And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree: