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Galatians 2:18

The law

16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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BSB
If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
KJV
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
WEB
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
ASV
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
DARBY
For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.
BLB
For if I build again these things that I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor.
ÅB
for hvis jeg igjen bygger opp det jeg brøt ned, da viser jeg meg selv som en lovbryter.
OTB
Hvis jeg gjenoppbygger det jeg har ødelagt, beviser jeg meg selv som en overtreder.
B1930
for hvis jeg igjen bygger op det jeg brøt ned, da viser jeg mig selv som en lovbryter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 4:9–12

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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  • Galatians 2:4–5

    This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

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  • Galatians 2:12–16

    For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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  • Romans 14:15

    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

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  • Galatians 2:21

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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  • 1 Corinthians 8:11–12

    So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

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  • Galatians 5:11

    Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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