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21. A summary of Gal 2:15-20, and indeed of the whole Epistle. I do not set at nought God’s grace, as you think of doing. There is no righteousness by means of the Law. If there were, Christ died and gained nothing thereby.
οὐκ ἀθετῶ. In St Paul’s writings, Gal 3:15; 1Co 1:19 (a quotation); 1Th 4:8 (where see note); 1Ti 5:12[87]. It is strictly “to set out of position,” i.e. “set aside,” “set at nought.” Cf. Luk 10:16; 1Sa 2:17; Isa 1:2. “It describes not only the violation of an ordinance or authority in details, but the denial of the validity of the ordinance or the authority altogether” (Westcott on Heb 10:28); cf. 1Ma 15:27. In the papyri ἀθέτησις (often joined with ἀκύρωσις) is used in a technical juristic sense (Deissmann, Bible Studies, p. 228).
[87] Is affixed to a word it means that all the passages are mentioned where that word occurs in the New Testament.
τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ. Gal 1:15.
εἰ γὰρ διὰ νόμον δικαιοσύνη. See Gal 2:16 notes.
ἄρα (Gal 5:11) Χριστὸς δωρεὰν ἀπέθανεν. Without receiving any payment for His pains and sacrifice, in your salvation taking place through Him: Gen 29:15; 2Co 11:7; i.e. without any due cause, Joh 15:25.