...the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God : for 15 (13) EXPOSITION. CHAP. II. (B) Ver. 1 — 21. Paul continues to vinditte his authority, and states...

...justified and saved, the Scriptures have no where explained. In Galatians ii. 21, the same Apostle says, If Righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain ; or, more accurately according to the Greek, If righteousness exist by means of Laze, Christ certainly...

...ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness: unto him God imputeth righteousness without works5. If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain 6. Let us suppose further, that the attention of the two characters in question is attracted by the...

...God' — to suppose this would be to deny the necessity of the death and atonement of Christ, " for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." The difficulties, he proceeds to shew, do not arise from any unwillingness on the part of Him ' who...

...ground, cannot be wrong for every one to follow: I do not frustrate (said he) the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ, is dead in vain ! Gal. ii. 21. according to scripture, the remnant of Jacob, in the midst of Many people, as a dew...

...righteousness, in the following texts, means neither more nor less than justification. Gal. ii. 21 ; " If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." Chap. iii. 21 ; "If there had been a law which could have given life, (spiritual life, or a title to...

...knowledge of the letter of the law, by reading or by hearing sermons : for, as says the Apostle, ' If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.' Now, as he is not dead in vain, we must acknowledge that ' when he ascended up on high, he led captivity...

...of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God; for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth ? before whose eyes...

...that Christ has died in vain. As to myself, (he says,) " I do not frustrate the 22 grace of God : for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Gal. ii. 21.) Here your former guides will say, This does not apply to us : St. Paul speaks against...

...but destroys the power of death, and, as the prophet says, leads captivity captive. So St. Paul, ' If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.' And again, ' We conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.' " Now this...