²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

²⁸ Therefore we conclude ^(A)that a man is ^[a]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

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

⁶ For ^(A)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but ^(B)faith working through love.