Galatians 2:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

New Living Translation
Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down.

English Standard Version
For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

Berean Study Bible
If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

New American Standard Bible
For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a wrongdoer.

NASB 1995
"For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

NASB 1977
“For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

Amplified Bible
For if I [or anyone else should] rebuild [through word or by practice] what I once tore down [the belief that observing the Law is essential for salvation], I prove myself to be a transgressor.

Christian Standard Bible
If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I rebuild the system I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

Contemporary English Version
But if I tear down something and then build it again, I prove that I was wrong at first.

Good News Translation
If I start to rebuild the system of Law that I tore down, then I show myself to be someone who breaks the Law.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I rebuild something that I've torn down, I admit that I was wrong to tear it down.

International Standard Version
For if I rebuild something that I tore down, I demonstrate that I am a wrongdoer.

NET Bible
But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

New King James Version
For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

King James 2000 Bible
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

New Heart English Bible
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

World English Bible
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

American King James Version
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

American Standard Version
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.

A Faithful Version
For if I build again those things that I destroyed, I am making myself a transgressor.

Darby Bible Translation
For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.

English Revised Version
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.

Webster's Bible Translation
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For if I build againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make my selfe a trespasser.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed, then make I my selfe a trespasser.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For yf I buylde agayne yt which I haue destroyed, then make I my selfe a trespacer.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For yf I bylde agayne yt which I destroyed. then make I my selfe a treaspaser.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For if the things I threw down, these again I build up, I set myself forth [as] a transgressor;

Berean Literal Bible
For if I build again these things that I had torn down, I prove myself a transgressor.

Young's Literal Translation
for if the things I threw down, these again I build up, a transgressor I set myself forth;

Smith's Literal Translation
For if what I destroy, these I build again, I unite myself with the transgressor.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For if I build again that which I had torn down, I prove myself a violator.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For if I rebuild the things that I have destroyed, I establish myself as a prevaricator.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For if I build those things again that I once destroyed, I have shown about myself that I violate The Covenant.

Lamsa Bible
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I will prove myself to be a transgressor of the law.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For if I build again those things which I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

Godbey New Testament
For if I again build the things which I have destroyed, I constitute myself a transgressor.

Haweis New Testament
For if I build up again the very same things which I have pulled down, I stamp myself a transgressor.

Mace New Testament
on the contrary, if I re-establish what I have demolish'd, I show myself a prevaricator.

Weymouth New Testament
Why, if I am now rebuilding that structure of sin which I had demolished, I am thereby constituting myself a transgressor;

Worrell New Testament
For, if I am building up again, what I pulled down, I show myself to be a transgressor.

Worsley New Testament
God forbid. And if I build again the same things which I demolished, I shew myself a transgressor: for I through the law am dead to the law,
















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