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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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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Celui qui vous accorde l'Esprit, et qui opère des miracles parmi vous, le fait-il donc par les oeuvres de la loi, ou par la prédication de la foi?

KJV

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?

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ly. Even other saints are said to give the Holy Ghost instrumentally, or ministerially, according to Gal. 3:5 : "He . . . who giveth to you the Spirit." Reply to Objection 2: In metaphorical speech we must not expect a likeness in all respects; for thus there would be not likenes…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    does the works of God we may believe that God dwells in him by His grace. Wherefore it is written ( Gal. 3:5 ): "He who giveth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you." Now both these things were to be made known to men concerning Christ---namely, that God dwelt in Him…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 213 (Migne)

    [Note: [Col. 0233] Joan. 5.] ; sed agnoscens neminem per legem posse justificari [Note: [Col. 0233] Gal. 3, 5.] , diuturnis clamoribus fatigatus, de salute desperans iterum siluit. Et non solum siluit homo, sed etiam omnia, scilicet homines, angeli et elementa, quae prius Christo…

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