Galatians 2:14-21
Christian Standard Bible
14 But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas[a] in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile(A) and not like a Jew,(B) how can you compel Gentiles to live(C) like Jews?” [b]
15 We are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners,” 16 and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law(D) but by faith in Jesus Christ,[c] even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ[d] and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will[e] be justified. 17 But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ,(E) is Christ then a promoter[f](F) of sin? Absolutely not!(G) 18 If I rebuild(H) those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.(I) 19 For through the law I died to the law,(J) so that I might live for God.(K) 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(L) The life I now live in the body,[g] I live by faith in the Son of God,(M) who loved(N) me(O) and gave himself(P) for me.(Q) 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law,(R) then Christ died(S) for nothing.
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