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Galatians 2:18 — King James Version← Study notes

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.


Galatians 2:18Greek Interlinear

Greek · Galatians 2:1810 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ha
thatrelative pronounG3739
κατέλυσαkatelysa
I had torn downverbG2647
ταῦταtauta
these thingsdemonstrativeG3778
πάλινpalin
againadverbG3825
οἰκοδομῶoikodomō
I buildverbG3618
παραβάτηνparabatēn
a transgressornounG3848
ἐμαυτὸνemauton
myselfpronounG1683
συνιστάνωsynistanō
I proveverbG4921
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Galatians 2:18

“For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.” Observe the Apostle's discernment; his opponents endeavored to show, that he who kept not the Law was a transgressor, but he retorts the argument upon them, and shows that he who did keep the Law was a transgressor, not merely of faith, but of the Law itself. “I build up again the things which I destroyed,” that is, the Law; he means as follows: the Law has confessedly ceased, and we…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Commentary on Galatians, Chapter 2
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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