Charles Spurgeon Commentary Galatians 3:1-2

"O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified? This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" — Galatians 3:1-2 (ASV)

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

When the Spirit of God came upon you, and renewed you, – when he endowed some of you with miraculous gifts, – did this power come by the works of the law, or through your believing the gospel? Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?