Galatians:2:14-21
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But when I saw that they were not walking a straight path ,
in the presence of the truth of the gospel ,
I said to Cephas before them all . "
If you ,
although you are a Jew ,
live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews ,
why do you try to compel the Gentiles to become Jews ?
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We are Jews by birth ,
and not Gentile sinners ;
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yet because we know that no man is justified by the works of the Law ,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ ,
we ourselves also have put our faith in Jesus Christ ,
that we might be justified by the faith of Christ ,
and not by the works of the Law ;
for "
By the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified ."
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But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves also have been found to be sinners ,
is Christ then a minister of sin ?
Far from it !
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For if I am rebuilding the very things which I destroyed ,
I am proving myself a transgressor .
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For it is through law I died to law ,
in order to live to God .
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I have been crucified with Christ ,
so it is no longer I who am living ,
but it is Christ who is living in me ;
and the life I am now living in the flesh ,
I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me .
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I do not annul the grace of God ;
for if righteousness comes by way of the Law ,
then indeed Christ died Christ for nothing .