Discovery BoxGalatians 1:13 
Context1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life 1 in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.
Galatians 5:4
Context5:4 You who are trying to be declared righteous 2 by the law have been alienated 3 from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
1 tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”
2 tn Or “trying to be justified.” The verb δικαιοῦσθε (dikaiousqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).
3 tn Or “estranged”; BDAG 526 s.v. καταργέω 4 states, “Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.”
