Galatians 2:18

2:18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, ¹  I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. ² 

Galatians 5:4

5:4 You who are trying to be declared righteous ³  by the law have been alienated ⁴  from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

[2:18]  ¹ tn Or “once tore down.”

[2:18]  ² tn Traditionally, “that I am a transgressor.”

[5:4]  ³ tn Or “trying to be justified.” The verb δικαιοῦσθε (dikaiousqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).

[5:4]  ⁴ tn Or “estranged”; BDAG 526 s.v. καταργέω 4 states, “Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.”