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Gal 2:18. Κατέλυσα, I destroyed) By the faith of Christ.-πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, I build again) by subjection to the law.-παραβάτην) a prevaricator,[15] a transgressor of the law, while I seem to observe it, [retracting, as it were, my former change (abandonment) of Judaism.-V. g.] The word (παραβάτης) was dreadful in the eyes of those who were more zealous for the law. [This was, to wit, to transgress the law of faith.-V. g.]-συνίστημι, I commend) Peter had wished to commend himself, Gal 2:12, at the end; Paul shows by this mimesis,[16] the sad fruit of that commendation.
[15] Prævaricator, a shuffler, one guilty of collusion, a sham-defender, as Peter here seeming to be a maintainer of the law, though being a transgressor against it.-ED.
[16] Imitation of the word characterising Peter’s aim, viz. to commend himself.-ED.