Galatians 2:17

Galatians 2:17

15 ^aWe who are Jews by nature, and not ^bsinners of the Gentiles,

16 ^aknowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but ^bby faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not ^cby the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found ^asinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!

18 For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

19 For I ^athrough the law ^bdied to the law that I might ^clive to God.

20 I have been ^acrucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh ^bI live by faith in the Son of God, ^cwho loved me and gave Himself for me.

21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for ^aif righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died¹ in vain.”

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Galatians 2:17 But if . . . we ourselves also are found sinners. We, Paul and Peter. We came to Christ for justification, because the gospel revealed to us that we were sinners, though professing to keep the law of Moses. [Is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? Did Christ make us Jews sinners? No, but when the knowledge of the gospel comes, they find that they are and have been sinners like the Gentiles. Christ only reveals to them their sinful state.

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