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Galatians 2:18New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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18 If the very things that I once tore down I build up again, I demonstrate that I am a transgressor.
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Galatians 2:18The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνιστάνω.
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Galatians 2:18The Bible in Living English
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18 For if I build up again what I did break down, I certify myself a transgressor.
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Galatians 2:18American Standard Version
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18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
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Galatians 2:18The Emphasized Bible
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18 For if the things that I pulled down these again I build A transgressor I prove myself to be.
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Galatians 2:18King James Version
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18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 2New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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the very things that I once tore down: Paul at one time was zealous for Judaism, believing that he could gain a righteous standing with God by works of the Mosaic Law. (See study note on Ga 1:13.) But he figuratively tore down that belief when he became a Christian. (Ga 2:15, 16) His opposers claimed that Christians could gain salvation only by strictly following the Law. (Ga 1:9; 5:2-12) Paul explains here that if he put himself—or if any of the other Jewish Christians put themselves—back under the Mosaic Law, the result would be to build up again those “very things.” He would also again make himself a transgressor of that Law, subject to its condemnation.—See study note on Ga 3:19.
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