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"But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law."
— Galatians 2:18, NET Bible
“For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.”
“For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor. ”
“For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.”
“For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.”
“For if I put up again those things which I gave to destruction, I am seen to be a wrongdoer.”
“For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.”
The Justification of Jews and Gentiles We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!
But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.
For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!