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Does God give you the Spirit because you follow the law? Does God work miracles among you because you follow the law? No, God gives you his Spirit and works miracles among you because you heard the message about Jesus and believed it.

The Scriptures say the same thing about Abraham. “Abraham believed God, and because of this faith he was accepted as one who is right with God.”[a] So you should know that the true children of Abraham are those who have faith.

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  1. Galatians 3:6 Quote from Gen. 15:6.

So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(A) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(B) So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](C)

Understand, then, that those who have faith(D) are children of Abraham.(E)

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  1. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6