Galatians 5:6b faith which worketh by love.

Let us revisit this verse from yesterday. Yesterday our focus was on the amplified verse and all that goes with that deeper understanding. At the end I alluded to you that faith is more than mere belief. That is true and could lead to another meaningful study, but not today.

There are seven words in the Greek which can be translated as love. Here it is the word agape. There is no amplified expression given. The AMPC writers could have said God’s perfect love which would have been an expression which meant something to readers who are not possessed by agape.

Allow me for a moment to offer yet another translation of this verse, which is not an authorized version.

Galatians 5:6b faith which responds to agape.

I have faith in my brakes but my brakes are not God. I could give you a whole list of issues like this to demonstrate why faith and belief are changed in the presence and motivation of God Himself. The essence of God is His glory, reputation, represented in this church age by His Son Jesus Christ and witnessed by the Holy Spirit who moves in power to exact His will. It is a coordinated effort of which we are the final expression of agapē who has set us in motion in the first place.

We walk by faith but it is agapē that tells us when to move, what pace to set, which direction to go, when to stop, and sets the agenda for that appointment He made for us at that time.

Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Galatians 5:6b faith which worketh by love. KJV

Galatians 5:6b only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. AMPC

AMPC is the Classic Amplfied version of the bible. If you are a purest when it comes to translations, you do not want anything added to a translation that is not found in the original text. In this case what has been added in the AMPC version is only, activated, energized, and expressed. A purest would leave out all those words.

Does leaving those words out mean that faith is not any of those things?

Only expresses the singular ability of faith to provide.

Activation is a great expression of faith which moves us to act.

Energize is a great expression of faith which provides the unction, a move of the Holy Spirit.

Expressed is a great expression of faith in voicing the mind of God.

The writers of the AMPC knew all these things and more by faith. Emphasis may not be pure translation of vocabulary but it is great spiritual expression of those things which can be missed or taken for granted.

In Sunday school I was accused of using many words just to say I agreed with a comment. It was true but what I heard in the spirit went far beyond just the words heard. I changed nothing in context or content, but I AMPC the answer in the same manner and with the same enthusiasm.

I felt in the spirit more than a simple AMEN. What she said was, “AMEN means let it be so with me.”

As simple as it is, faith means a lot more than belief. AMEN?