Galatians 2:15-16
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
15 We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, 16 yet who know that a man is not justified[a] by works of the law[b] but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.
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- Galatians 2:16 Or reckoned righteous; and so elsewhere
- 2.16 works of the law: Paul is contrasting not faith with good works but faith in Jesus Christ with observance of the law of Moses.
Galatians 2:15-16
New King James Version
15 (A)We who are Jews by nature, and not (B)sinners of the Gentiles, 16 (C)knowing that a man is not [a]justified by the works of the law but (D)by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not (E)by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
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- Galatians 2:16 declared righteous
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