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Galatians 2:17
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15 aWe who are Jews by nature, and not bsinners of the Gentiles,  
16 aknowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but bby faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not cby the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.  
17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found asinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!  
18 For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I athrough the law bdied to the law that I might clive to God.  
20 I have been acrucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh bI live by faith in the Son of God, cwho loved me and gave Himself for me.  
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Galatians 2:17

We ourselves were found sinners (eureqhmen kai autoi amartwloi). Like the Gentiles, Jews who thought they were not sinners, when brought close to Christ, found that they were. Paul felt like the chief of sinners.

A minister of sin (amartiav diakonov). Objective genitive, a minister to sin. An illogical inference. We were sinners already in spite of being Jews. Christ simply revealed to us our sin.

God forbid (mh genoito). Literally, "May it not happen." Wish about the future (mh and the optative).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Galatians 2:17:

Acts 15:2
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Galatians 6:14
Philippians 3:9

 

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