Galatians
Chapter 2 (Continued)
{Verses
14-21: Paul Broke the back of legalism in Antioch
and Antioch became a GREAT Church}
14~~In
contrast [alla]
when
I {Paul}
perceived
[oida]
that
they
absolutely
did not [out]
walk
uprightly [orthopodeo]
{did not "Walk in the Righteous Ways of God"}
face
to face with [pros]
the
Truth [aletheia - "Divine Viewpoint" - having intrinsic value]
of
the gospel
[the 'good news' about Jesus Christ and His Example of
"Walking in the More Excellent Ways" - the Spiritual Life]
I
said [lego]
unto
Peter - to his disadvantage -
"in
front of everyone"/"before them all" [emprosthen pas],
"If
- and it is true -
[ei - 1st class conditional if]
you
. . .
'having
come into existence as'/'being born' [huparcho]
a
Jew [Ioudaios]
"had
a manner of life" [zao]
as
a non-Jew/Gentile [ethnikos]
and
absolutely NOT [ouk] as . . . [do]
the
Jews . . .
why
do you compel/necessitate [anagkazo]
the
Gentiles . . . [to live]
as
Jews?"
15~~
We . . .
Jews
by 'the nature of things' [phusis]
and
absolutely not [ouk]
sinners
out
from/of the Gentiles.
{Note: The Pharisees always referred to the Gentiles as 'sinners'. The religious Jews were saying the Gentiles who did not honor the Sabbath and be circumcised were living in sin and were not saved. Continues the theme of the false doctrine of 'salvation by circumcision', keeping the Sabbath, being baptized, anything but the True doctrine - salvation by Faith.}
[Great
Verse on Difference between GRACE and WORKS]
16a~~"Knowing/Perceiving
in the past with the result
that
we know forever"
[oida - perfect active participle] . . .
that
a man
absolutely
not [ouk]
"receives
justification"/"is pronounced righteous" [dikaioo]
by/'out
from' [ek]
the
works of the [Mosaic] law
but/except/unless
[ean me]
by
means of [dia]
"Jesus
Christ's doctrine" /
"the
doctrine/faith [of] Jesus Christ"
[pistis Iesous Christos]
even
we
{Paul and the other church leaders}
have
believed
into/toward
[eis - directional]
Jesus
Christ
with
the result that [hina]
[we]
receive justification/'be pronounced righteous' [dikaioo]
by/'out
from' [ek]
the
doctrine/faith [of] Christ [pistis Christos]
and
absolutely not [ouk]
by/'out
from' [ek]
the
works of the law.
16b~~'On
account of'/Because [dioti]
by/'out
from' [ek]
by
the works of the law
shall
absolutely no [ouk]
flesh
[sarx]
[referring to any human in a body of corruption]
receive
justification/'be pronounced righteous' [dikaioo - future].
17a~~But
if and it is true
[ei - 1st class conditional if - "and it is true"]
while
we keep on seeking
receive
justification/'be pronounced righteous' [dikaioo]
in/by/with
[en]
Christ,
we
ourselves also are found/discovered to be [heurisko]
sinners
[in context - as Gentiles are called 'sinners' for not following
the Mosaic Laws]
is
therefore
["ara" -a Greek interrogative particle that implies
anxiety or
impatience on the part of the questioner - Paul is anxious
to even have this written down.]
Christ
the minister [diakonos]
of
sin?
17b~~Let
it not [me]
"become
what it was not before"! [ginomai]
{Note: Paul is saying that it was Jesus who taught that He had fulfilled the Mosaic Law and now we are under a Higher Law. And, certain parts of the Mosaic Law such as dietary laws are no longer to be followed. So, if dietary laws ARE to be followed still . . . then Jesus was "teaching sin" and that is blasphemy!}
18~~For
[gar]
if
and it would be true if I did this [ei - 1st class conditional if]
I
begin to build again [oikodomeo palin]
the
things which I destroyed [kataluo],
I
keep on making myself [sunistao emautou]
a
transgressor/lawbreaker [parabates]
{of
Christ's teachings}.
{Note: Paul is saying Christ's teachings lead Peter and Paul away from the Mosaic Law and they both socialized with Gentiles and even ate with them. Now Peter backed away from doing so the legalistic Jews would not get on him. Paul says if he followed Peter's example and went back into the Mosaic Law that he 'tore down', he would 'build it again'. Christ taught that salvation is by faith. Jesus dined with sinners and tax collectors. And Jesus told healed invalids to pick up their litter on a Sunday - these taboos are NOT part of God's law. Paul is really beating up Peter here.}
19~~
For [gar]
I
{Paul}
by
means of [dia]
the
law {Mosaic Law}
am
dead [apothnesko]
to
the [Mosaic] law
with
the result that [hina]
I
"might enter into life" [zao] . . . [belonging to]
God.
[Note: The Mosaic Law explains that because of sin man will be subject to "physical bodily death" [apothnesko]. By being out from under the Law, Paul is saying he now is free to have the life which belongs to God which is everlasting life.]
20a~~I
[Paul]
"have
received crucifixion in the past with result that
I
keep on receiving crucifixion forever" [sustauroo - perfect passive]
[of/with/into]
Christ.
[Note: It was Jesus Christ's one Work on the cross that perfected salvation. When we accept the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, we are graciously placed in union with Him. We share all that He is and all that He has. His work removed the curse of sin from all mankind by His taking it to Himself and being judged. When we believe, we are saved and share His everlasting life.]
20b~~But
[de],
my
"manner of life" [zao] . . .
yet
not I
but
Christ's [manner of life]
keeps
on living in me.
[Note: Paul had a viewpoint that was based on all he had learned throughout his life. This included firm belief in and observance of the Mosaic Law. Those norms and standards guided his manner of life - how he Walked through life. He is saying that he replaced his own "thinking" - His own norms and standards in his soul with those based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. As he applies Jesus' thinking, he "imitates Christ" and Christ's manner of life continues to "work" on the Earth while Jesus is in heaven. Paul tells us to imitate him (Philippians 3:17) as he imitates Jesus Christ.]
20c~~But/Moreover
[de]
that
"manner of life I keep on living" [hos zao]
in/by/with
[en]
the
flesh [sarx]
the
manner of life I keep on living [zao]
in/by/with
[en]
the
faith/doctrine [pistis]
of
the "Adult Son" [huios]
of
God [Theos]
Who
"loving me based on Who and What He is" [agape]
and
"gave Himself over"/"delivered Himself"
[paradidomi heautou]
"as
a substitute for" [huper]
me.
{and all the rest of us with Paul}
{Note:
This is the Doctrine of Retroactive Positional Truth. We are in
union with Christ at the point of salvation. Under the Mosaic Law,
'The wages of sin is death'. Christ died under the 'law' and paid
that price. Therefore, Christ said he 'fulfilled the Law'. And we are
in union with Christ. And, in Philippians, Paul explains
'For
me . . . living . . . Christ . . . dying . . . gain'.}
{Note:
This verse is discussing imitating the Character of
Christ
. . . producing the character of God IN your life. Christ truly does
indwells in all believers, but that is not what is meant here - See Romans
Chapter 8 also.}
21a~~
I absolutely do not [ouk]
keep
on canceling/'setting aside' [atheteo]
the
grace [charis]
of
God.
21b~~For
[gar]
if
[ei - 1st class conditional if of assumption with the "gar"]
-
and let us assume it does -
righteousness/''total
fulfillment of spiritual maturity' [dikaiosune]
[is
imputed to man] by means of [dia]
[observing]
the [Mosaic] law
therefore
["ara" -a Greek interrogative particle that implies
anxiety or
impatience on the part of the questioner - Paul is anxious
to even have this written down.]
Christ
dying [apothnesko]
"in
vain"/void of purpose"! [dorean]
{Now Paul is going to leave Peter's chewing out and is chewing on the Galatians!}
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