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Galatians 2:16-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Galatians 2:16-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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. 17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! 18 But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. 19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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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 2:16-20
New International Version
Galatians 2:16-20
New International Version
16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(A) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(B) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(C)
17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(D) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(E) 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
19 “For through the law I died to the law(F) so that I might live for God.(G) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(H) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(I) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(J) who loved me(K) and gave himself for me.(L)
Footnotes
- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
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