“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?”
So again I ask: Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? — the repetition ('palin' — again) of the Spirit and power-working (dynameis — miracles, divine workings) reinforces the empirical evidence: God's ongoing gifts and wonders flow from faith, not from Torah observance.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:5
“He therefore that supplies to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Have you been vouchsafed, he says, so great a gift, and achieved such wonders, because you observed the Law, or because you adhered to Faith? Plainly on account of Faith. Seeing that they played this argument to and fro, that apart from the Law, Faith had no force, he proves the contrary, viz., that if the Commandments be added, Faith…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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