17 But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ,(A) is Christ then a promoter[a](B) of sin? Absolutely not!(C) 18 If I rebuild(D) the system[b] I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.(E) 19 For through the law I have died to the law,(F) so that I might live for God.(G) I have been crucified with Christ[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:17 Or servant
  2. Galatians 2:18 Lit rebuild those things that
  3. Galatians 2:19 Other textual traditions place I have been crucified with Christ in v. 20.

17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(A) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(B) 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

19 “For through the law I died to the law(C) so that I might live for God.(D)

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