Verse 15

We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

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  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Rom 3:9 : 9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Phil 3:4 : 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
  • 1 Sam 15:18 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinful Amalekites; wage war against them until you completely wipe them out.'
  • Matt 3:7-9 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
  • Mark 7:26-28 : 26 This woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, because it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs." 28 She replied to Him, "Yes, Lord, but even the little dogs under the table eat the crumbs that fall from the children."
  • John 8:39-41 : 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you are trying to kill me—a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'