Galatians 2:15-21

English Standard Version

Justified by Faith

¹⁵ We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^(A)Gentile sinners; ¹⁶ yet we know that ^(B)a person is not justified^[a] by works of the law ^(C)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ^(D)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷ But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^(E)to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! ¹⁸ For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. ¹⁹ For through the law I ^(F)died to the law, so that I might ^(G)live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(H)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(I)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(J)who loved me and ^(K)gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(L)if righteousness^[b] were through the law, ^(M)then Christ died for no purpose.