Galatians 2:19 meaning and explanation

For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

Galatians 2:19, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is speaking, defending his gospel to the Galatians against teachers who demanded circumcision and law keeping. In verse 19 he says that the law itself brought him to death, meaning it pronounced him condemned and ended his old standing before God, so that he might now live for God.

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