Galatians 2:18-19 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

Withstanding of Peter at Antioch. "But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face." From the public conference at Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas went down to Antioch, where, it is said, they tarried. They separated after this stay. The visit of Peter to Antioch must be referred to this period, seeing Barnabas is mentioned as still with Paul. There was more than resistance made to Peter; there was the going up to him, meeting him face to face, and charging him with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:17-19

An objection met. "For if, while we are seeking to be justified in Christ"—our union with Christ being the spring and fount of all our blessings—"we ourselves also"—as well as these Galatians who are sinners and Gentiles—"were found to be sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid!" I. THE TRUE ATTITUDE OF ALL JUSTIFIED PERSONS IN RELATION TO SIN AND CHRIST . 1 . They renounce all legal righteousness , such as the Judaists boast of, and reduce... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:18

For if I build again the things which I destroyed ( εἰ γὰρ ἂκατέλυσα ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ ); for if I am building up again the things which I pulled down. I make myself a transgressor ( παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι [or, συνιστάνω another form of the same verb]); a transgressor is what I am showing my own self to be. I must be wrong one way or the other; if I am right now, was wrong then; and from the very nature of the case now in hand, wrong... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19

For I through the Law am dead to the Law ( ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου μόμῳ ἀπέθανον ,); for I , for my part , through the Law died unto the Law. This ἐγὼ is not the hypothetical "I" of Galatians 2:18 , which in fact recites the personality of St. Peter, but is St. Paul himself in his own concrete historical personality. And the pronoun is in a measure antithetical; as if it were: for whatever may be your feeling, mine is this, that I," etc. The conjunction "for" points back to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19

Dying to Law and living to God. Here is a history of man's experience with Law. At first the vision of Law crushes and terrifies. Then it works deliverance from the life that is wholly given up to it. This deliverance is not for antinomian licence, but for spiritual life in God. I. WHAT IS IT TO DIE TO LAW ? Law here is not merely the Mosaic code. It is generic. Every nation has more or less some conception of law. We all feel it in our conscience. To live for this, to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19-21

The death of legal hope the life of evangelical obedience. Paul proceeds in the exposition of Peter's mistake to show that it is only when through the Law we die to all legal hope, we can live unto God. When legal hope has died within us, Christ has room to live and be the source of our spiritual energy. I. CONSIDER THE DEATH OF LEGALISM . ( Galatians 2:19 , Galatians 2:20 .) The idea of self-righteousness or Pharisaism was and is that we can live through the Law. But... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:18

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, and means that if anyone does it he becomes a transgressor. The sense is, that if a man, having removed or destroyed that which was evil, again introduces it or establishes it, he does wrong, and is a transgressor of the Law of God. The particular application here, as it seems to me, is to the subject of circumcision and the other rites of the Mosaic law.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:19

For I through the law - On this passage the commentators are by no means agreed. It is agreed that in the phrase “am dead to the law,” the Law of Moses is referred to, and that the meaning is, that Paul had become dead to that as a ground or means of justification. He acted as though it were not; or it ceased to have influence over him. A dead man is insensible to all around him. He hears nothing; sees nothing; and nothing affects him. So when we are said to be dead to anything, the meaning is,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 2:17-19

Galatians 2:17-19. But if while we seek to be justified by Christ Through the merit of his obedience unto death, by simply believing in him, and in the truths and promises of his gospel; we ourselves are still found sinners Continue in sin; if we are still under the guilt and power of sin, in an unpardoned, unrenewed state; is therefore Christ the minister of sin Does he countenance sin, by giving persons reason to suppose that they are justified through believing in him as the true... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

Saved by faith alone (2:11-21)Being assured of the fellowship of the Jerusalem leaders, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch (see Acts 12:25). From there they set out on their first missionary journey (see Acts 13:1-3). On returning to Antioch at the end of the journey, they came into conflict with a group of Judaisers who had come from Jerusalem. These men claimed to have the authority of James, and taught that Christians should keep the Jewish laws concerning food, circumcision and other... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 2:19-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 2:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 2:17-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 2:11-21

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