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Gal 3:2. Μόνον, only) A weighty argument.-μαθεῖν, learn) What it is that you think [what sentiment you entertain]. Here is the point of his questions: you have learned many things from me; I wish to learn this one thing alone from you.-ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, from the works of the law) In which you seek righteousness.-τὸ Πνεῦμα, the Spirit) [in (through) whom you addressed GOD as Father.-V. g.], and whose presence [among the Galatians] was conspicuous by means of the gifts, which He bestowed; Gal 3:5; Mar 16:17; Heb 2:4. The gift of the Spirit accompanies righteousness [justification], Gal 3:14; Eph 1:13. Therefore the one is often put for the other; comp. note on Rom 6:18. This argument is repeated, Gal 3:5 : and it receives additional weight by the verses interposed, viz. Gal 3:3-4. Further, Paul, in this one epistle of his, although he so often names the Spirit, does not, however, even once add the epithet, Holy; and this he does not appear to have done without good reason; namely, the epithet ‘Holy’ is a very joyful one, but this epistle is decidedly severe.-ἢ, or) Two things directly opposed.-ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως, from [by] the hearing of faith) The nature of faith is thus exquisitely denoted-faith [consisting in] not working, but receiving.