Galatians 2:18

2:18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, ¹  I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. ² 

Galatians 5:1

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom ³  Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke ⁴  of slavery.

Galatians 5:3

5:3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey ⁵  the whole law.

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¹ tn Or “once tore down.”

² tn Traditionally, “that I am a transgressor.”

³ tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

⁴ sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

⁵ tn Or “keep”; or “carry out”; Grk “do.”