Verse 21

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
  • Gal 5:2-4 : 2 Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  • Heb 7:11 : 11 If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
  • 1 Cor 15:14 : 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, and so is your faith.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 Through this gospel you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 But I said, 'I have worked in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.'
  • Mark 7:9 : 9 He also said to them, "How skillfully you set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your own tradition.
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Gal 2:18 : 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
  • 1 Cor 15:17 : 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.