Galatians 3:5

Ministereth to you. According to some commentators, the person here spoken of as ministering to the Galatians was Paul. His ministry among them had testified to saving faith and to the power of the Spirit at work in his own life (v. 5), and similarly their acceptance of his gospel was evidence of faith and of the Spirit operating in their lives (v. 2). If they faced the question of v. 5 sincerely, the Galatians would have no difficulty answering the questions of vs. 2-4. Other commentators explain that the word “he” refers to God, and that it is He who supplies the Spirit and works miracles among them. However, the last half of v. 5, when compared with v. 2, implies that a human being is in the writer’s mind. Paul was clearly the agent, or instrument, through whom God bestowed these remarkable endowments. Paul’s point is that his ministry, and their response to it, had been on the basis of faith, with no reliance on the provisions of the legal system.