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, Numbers 11:9; 1 Peter 1:21. If our eyes see not our teachers, we cannot expect to hear the voice behind us, Isaiah 30:20,21 .