Galatians 2:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • Rom 3:9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • Phil 3:4 : 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I more:
  • 1 Sam 15:18 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.
  • Matt 3:7-9 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance: 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?
  • Mark 7:26-28 : 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth; and she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs. 28 And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.
  • John 8:39-41 : 39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

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  • 9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

  • 14But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

    17But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? God forbid.

  • Rom 2:26-29
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    26Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • Rom 2:13-15
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    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:

    15Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else excusing each other;)

  • 30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

  • 17Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,

  • 29Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

  • 11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

  • 19Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

  • 24Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

  • Eph 2:9-12
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    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

    11Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

    12That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  • Gal 2:3-4
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    3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

    4And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  • 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  • Rom 2:9-10
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    9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

    10But glory, honor, and peace, to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

  • 12For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

  • 5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

  • Gal 2:6-10
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    6But from those who seemed to be something (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me: God accepts no man's person), for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me:

    7But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter;

    8(For He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked mightily in me toward the Gentiles:)

    9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

    10They only desired that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

  • 1I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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    14For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:

    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

  • 6Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  • 3Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  • 2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

  • 20And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;

  • 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

  • 10Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

  • 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • 2Receive us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.

  • 24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.

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

  • 24Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law—to whom we gave no such commandment—

  • 9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • 17For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.