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But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? God forbid!
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A Charge Against the Gospel
Paul confronts a serious accusation against the gospel: if we are justified by faith in Christ apart from the Law, does this make Christ a promoter of sin? Commentators agree this is a rhetorical question Paul raises to demolish this false charge. His immediate, horrified response, "God forbid!", shows that this idea is a complete perversion of the truth.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 ourselves were found sinners (ευρεθημεν κα αυτο αμαρτωλο). Like the Gentiles, Jews who thought they were not sinners, when brou…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
