Discovery BoxGalatians 2:21 
Context2:21 I do not set aside 1 God’s grace, because if righteousness 2 could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing! 3
Galatians 5:1
ContextFreedom of the Believer
5:1 For freedom 4 Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke 5 of slavery.
1 tn Or “I do not declare invalid,” “I do not nullify.”
2 tn Or “justification.”
3 tn Or “without cause,” “for no purpose.”
4 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.
5 sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.
