Galatians 2:16-21

English Standard Version

¹⁶ yet we know that ^(A)a person is not justified^[a] by works of the law ^(B)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, ^(C)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 ^(D)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 ^(E)died to the law, so that I might ^(F)live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(G)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(H)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(I)who loved me and ^(J)gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(K)if righteousness^[b] were through the law, ^(L)then Christ died for no purpose.