Discovery BoxGalatians 2:18 
Context2:18 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
ContextFreedom 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
Context5:3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey 5 the whole law.
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.”
