Galatians 2:18

“For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.”

"For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor." - Galatians 2:18
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What does Galatians 2:18 mean?

Galatians 2:18 in the King James Version states, "For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor." This verse is spoken by the apostle Paul as part of his letter to the Galatians, a group of churches in the region of Galatia. To truly understand…

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Rebuilding the Walls of Grace

In Galatians 2:18, the Apostle Paul provides a profound statement that invites us to reflect deeply on our spiritual journey: "For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor." This verse serves as a sobering reminder of the perils of returning to…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Strength in Christ

Dear Heavenly Father, We humbly come before You today, recognizing the profound truth found in Galatians 2:18, which reminds us, "For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor." Lord, we thank You for the gift of Your Word, which serves as a…

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Galatians 2:18 - "For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor."
Galatians 5:18 - "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."
Galatians 3:18 - "For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise."
Galatians 6:18 - "Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen."
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Galatians 4:18 - "But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you."
Galatians 2:20
Galatians 1:18 - "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days."
"But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." - Galatians 5:18
Galatians 1:2 - "And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:"
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Galatians 2:15 - "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,"
"For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise." - Galatians 3:18
Galatians 4:2 - "But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father."
Galatians 2:3 - "But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:"
"Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen." - Galatians 6:18
Galatians 6:2 - "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
Galatians 2:13 - "And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation."
Galatians 2:8 - "(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)"
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:5 - "To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you."
Galatians 2:21 - "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."
Galatians 2:19 - "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."
Galatians 2:11 - "But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed."
"And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:" - Galatians 1:2
Galatians 2:7 - "But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;"
Galatians 2:10 - "Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do."
Galatians 3:2 - "This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
"We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles," - Galatians 2:15