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For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

A transgressor (παραβατην). Peter, by his shifts had contradicted himself helplessly as Paul shows by this condition. When he live…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For if I build again the things which I destroyed. Paul here uses the first person; but he evidently intends it as a general proposition, …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

But Christ is not a minister of sin. The thought is not to be tolerated. For, on the contrary, the sin is seen, not in leaving the Law for Christ, …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The interpretation of this verse is not difficult in the light of the interpretation of v.17 given above. The legalizers had accused Paul of encour…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For if I build again. The reply consists of two parts. This is the first part, and informs us that the supposition now made is at variance…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For if I build again the things which I destroyed
Which must be understood not of good things, for formerly he destr…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

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…

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