We ourselves were found sinners (ευρεθημεν κα αυτο αμαρτωλο). Like the Gentiles, Jews who thought they were not sinners, when brou…

But if, while, we seek to be justified by Christ. The connection here is not very clear, and the sense of the verse is somewhat obscure. R…

We sought justification in Christ. But if, with all our seeking, something more was needed, namely, a rigid performance of the Law—that Law which w…

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Je…

In Paul’s day, as today, arguments were directed against this way of salvation. So in this verse and the following ones Paul begins to answer these…

If, while we seek to be justified. He now returns to the Galatians. We must take care not to connect this verse with the preceding one, as…

But if while we seek to be justified by Christ
As they did, and not only sought for, but obtained what they sought f…

Paul, having thus shown he was not inferior to any apostle, not even to Peter himself, speaks of the great foundational doctrine of the gospel. Why…

After proving from the apostles’ manner of life that the works of the Law should not be observed, the Apostle raises a question to the contrary. In…