2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?



Ver. 2. Or by the hearing of faith] The manna of the Spirit comes down from heaven in the dews of the ministry of the gospel, Num_11:9; 1Pe_1:21. If our eyes see not our teachers, we cannot expect to hear the voice behind us, Isa_30:20-21.