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18 For if I am building again these[a] things which I tore-down[b], I am demonstrating[c] 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! 20 And I no longer am living, but Christ is living in me. And what I am now[d] living in the flesh[e], I am living by[f] faith in the Son of God— the One having loved me and handed Himself over for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:18 That is, these works of the Law as my rule of life and basis of relationship with others.
  2. Galatians 2:18 That is, to be declared-righteous by God, since His only required condition is faith.
  3. Galatians 2:18 Or, showing, exhibiting. That is, because I am erecting conditions in violation of God’s only condition, faith.
  4. Galatians 2:20 That is, as a Christian declared righteous by faith, with Christ living in me.
  5. Galatians 2:20 That is, in my continued existence on earth.
  6. Galatians 2:20 Or, in; that is, in the sphere of faith, not law.

18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

19 “For through the law I died to the law(A) so that I might live for God.(B) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(C) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(D) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(E) who loved me(F) and gave himself for me.(G)

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