Galatians 2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. In repairing to Christ, Peter had virtually pulled down the fabric of the law as the ground of justification (formally did so, under Divine direction, in the house of Cornelius); but in now returning to its observance as a matter of principle, he was again building it up, and in this he proved himself to be a transgressor: but how? I. Such vacillation, playing fast and loose with the things of God, was a serious moral obliquity. II. In the retrogression complained of there was involved a departure from the very aim of the law, which was to lead men to Christ. Peter, therefore — III. Defeated the intention of the law, and acted toward it the part of a transgressor. (Fairbairn). Parallel Verses KJV: For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.WEB: For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker. |
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