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ForγὰρifεἰwhatἃI tore down,κατέλυσαthese thingsταῦταI buildοἰκοδομῶagain,πάλινI proveσυνιστάνωmyselfἐμαυτὸνto bea transgressor.παραβάτην
Galatians 2:18
Study it in the app“For if what I tore down, these things I build again, I prove myself to be a transgressor.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 2:18, word by word
- I tore downκατέλυσαkatelysa
tear down
To bring down a building.
Where else “katelysa” appears- I buildοἰκοδομῶoikodomō
build
To raise a house, a tower or another structure, stone upon stone.
Where else “oikodomō” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- I proveσυνιστάνωsynistanō
show
To make something clear: God displays his love.
Where else “synistanō” appears- myselfἐμαυτὸνemauton
myself
Myself.
Where else “emauton” appears- a transgressorπαραβάτηνparabatēn
transgressor
Transgressor: someone who breaks a command.
Where else “parabatēn” appears
The context
17But if, while seeking to be declared righteous in the Messiah, we ourselves were also found to be sinners, is the Messiah then a servant of sin? By no means!
18 · This verse (above)
19For I, through the law, died to the law, so that I might live to God. With the Messiah I have been crucified;