Galatians 2:15-17

Worldwide English (New Testament)

¹⁵ We ourselves were born Jews. We are not of those who still follow wrong ways, those who are not Jews.

¹⁶ Yet we know that God does not call a man good because he tries to obey the law of the Jews. But we know that God puts a man right because he believes in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ. And we are put right with God because we believe in Christ and not because we obey the law. No person will ever be called good by God just because he tries to obey the law of the Jews.

¹⁷ We came to Christ to be put right with God. That showed us how much we had been bad men. Was it Christ who made us bad men? No, surely not!