If you hurt your brother’s faith because of something you eat, then you are not really following the way of love. Don’t destroy a person’s faith by eating something \{that he thinks is wrong\}. Christ died for that person.
Galatians 2:18 - Easy To Read Version But I would really be wrong to begin teaching again those things (the law) that I gave up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if I [or any others who have taught that the observance of the Law of Moses is not essential to being justified by God should now by word or practice teach or intimate that it is essential to] build up again what I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor. American Standard Version (1901) For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor. Common English Bible If I rebuild the very things that I tore down, I show that I myself am breaking the Law. Catholic Public Domain Version For if I rebuild the things that I have destroyed, I establish myself as a prevaricator. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator. |
If you hurt your brother’s faith because of something you eat, then you are not really following the way of love. Don’t destroy a person’s faith by eating something \{that he thinks is wrong\}. Christ died for that person.
If you follow the law, {\cf2\super [21]} then your circumcision {\cf2\super [22]} has meaning. But if you break the law, then it is like you were never circumcised.
When we do wrong, that shows more clearly that God is right. So can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (I am using an idea that some people might have.)
This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.
My brothers and sisters, I don’t teach that people must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [66]} If I do teach circumcision, {\cf2\super [67]} then why am I still being persecuted? If I still taught that people must be circumcised, then my telling them about the cross would not be a problem.