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Paul Confronts Cephas

Galatians 2:18

In 9 translations

BSB
If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
KJV
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
WEB
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
ASV
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
LSV
For if the things I threw down, these again I build up, I set myself forth [as] a transgressor;
YLT
for if the things I threw down, these again I build up, a transgressor I set myself forth;
DBY
For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.
DRC
For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.
GNV
For if I build againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make my selfe a trespasser.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of συνιστάνω: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: συνίστημι.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: συνιστάνω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read συνιστάνω; Robinson–Pierpont read συνίστημι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνιστάνω.
RP2018
Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι.
TR-Boyd
Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι.
SCR1894
ει γαρ α κατελυσα ταυτα παλιν οικοδομω παραβατην εμαυτον συνιστημι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 4:9–12But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing special days and…
  • Galatians 2:4–5This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel…
  • Galatians 2:12–16For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his…
  • Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
  • Romans 14:15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
  • Galatians 5:11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:11–12So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

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