Galatians 2:17

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But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

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  • Rom 6:1-2 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  • Gal 2:15 : 15 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
  • Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory.
  • Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
  • Rom 9:30-33 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling, 33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 'She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.'
  • 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.
  • Heb 7:24-28 : 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

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  • Gal 2:15-16
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    15We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

    16yet 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.

  • Rom 6:14-15
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    14For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.

    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

  • Gal 2:18-21
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    18For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

    20I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

    21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • Rom 6:1-2
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    1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

    2Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

  • Rom 3:5-9
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    5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.)

    6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

    7If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?

    8Why not say—as some slanderously claim we say—"Let us do evil so that good may result"? Their condemnation is just.

    9What 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.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Gal 5:4
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    4You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is 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.

    22But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

  • Rom 7:5-7
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

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    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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    13Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24So the law was our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Gal 3:11
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    11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

  • Gal 5:1-2
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    1For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

    2Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

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    10For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

  • Rom 7:17
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    17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By the law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

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    31Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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    1So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

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    17For we are not like many, peddling the word of God for profit. Instead, with sincerity, as sent from God and in His presence, we speak in Christ.

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    6And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

  • Rom 7:20
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    20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.