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And We Died To The Law As a Rule of Life, And Now Live By Faith In The Son of God

17 But if [a] while seeking to be declared-righteous in Christ, we also ourselves were found to be sinners[b], is then Christ a minister of sin[c]? May it never be! 18 For if I am building again these[d] things which I tore-down[e], I am demonstrating[f] myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the Law I died to the Law in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified-with Christ!

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:17 That is, assuming that.
  2. Galatians 2:17 That is, equivalent to Gentiles in status before God.
  3. Galatians 2:17 That is, for leading us to live Gentile-ly with our Gentile fellow-Christians.
  4. Galatians 2:18 That is, these works of the Law as my rule of life and basis of relationship with others.
  5. Galatians 2:18 That is, to be declared-righteous by God, since His only required condition is faith.
  6. Galatians 2:18 Or, showing, exhibiting. That is, because I am erecting conditions in violation of God’s only condition, faith.

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