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Galatians 2:16-17
New King James Version
Galatians 2:16-17
New King James Version
16 (A)knowing that a man is not [a]justified by the works of the law but (B)by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not (C)by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found (D)sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!
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- Galatians 2:16 declared righteous
Galatians 2:16-17
New International Version
Galatians 2:16-17
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)
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- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
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