2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 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?
Paul begins here using a question to remind the ones who accepted the truth of the Gospel that it comes by faith through the Spirit not by the law. He continues by saying that what a foolish thing to even consider giving up the freedom of the Spirit to go back into the bondage of the law. The flesh has nothing to offer, but suffering. Hope comes through the Spirit. He asks another question that if you received so many good things through your faith in the Gospel, and even was ridiculed for what you believed, the turning back to the law means you gain nothing. Paul is reminding them, that his ministry was accompanied with signs and wonders. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Jesus had said; your faith has made you whole, when He healed them.Faith is the key to receive anything from God. Paul’s ministry was one of many miracles. The Jewish faith brought no miracles. What proof did they need?