Galatians 2:15-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Even We Jews Are Declared Righteous By Faith In Christ, Not By Works of The Law
15 We[a] are Jews by nature, and not sinners from the Gentiles. 16 But knowing that a person[b] is not declared-righteous by works of the Law except[c] through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be declared-righteous by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because by works of the Law no flesh will be declared-righteous.
And We Died To The Law As a Rule of Life, And Now Live By Faith In The Son of God
17 But if [d] while seeking to be declared-righteous in Christ, we also ourselves were found to be sinners[e], is then Christ a minister of sin[f]? May it never be!
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- Galatians 2:15 Verses 15-21 may still be part of Paul’s quotation of what he said that day; or it may be his present explanation of that event to the Galatians.
- Galatians 2:16 That is, a Jewish person.
- Galatians 2:16 Or, unless through, if not through. That is, if he does not come through. It is the faith, not the works, that bring the result.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, assuming that.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, equivalent to Gentiles in status before God.
- Galatians 2:17 That is, for leading us to live Gentile-ly with our Gentile fellow-Christians.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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