Daniel's Literal Translation and Commentary
The Renewed Covenant by Daniel Gregg
"Galatians 2:21 For when justice is through the norm, then Messiah died for nothing!" (DLT: torahtimes.org).
justice : δικαιοσυνη. See BDAG 3rd, edition, def. 1, and further copious documentation at:
http://www.torahtimes.org/Greek_database/greek_words_index.htm
norm : νομος. See BDAG 3rd edition, def. 1, and further copious documentation at above reference.
comment1: The normal means of satisfying divine justice is for the sinner to pay the penalty of sin by his or her own death. This would be defined as the Torah's norm. But the Torah also provides for an extra-ordinary satisfaction of justice through the substitutionary death of Messiah. For the repentant sinner who commits himself or herself to God, Messiah pays the penalty for them, and the payment is imputed to their account, so that God forgives (pardons) the sinner. This is a penal payment only that is imputed. There is no need for the righteousness of Messiah to be imputed because that is not the basis of forgiveness.
comment2: The traditional translations have totally destroyed the gospel in this text by turning it into an anti-Torah statement erasing the contextual sense of divine justice being satisfied by the Messiah. (DLC: torahtimes.org)
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