Galatians 2:14-21

14But when I saw that they 1were not 2straightforward about 3the truth of the gospel, I said to 4Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, 5live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?6

15“We are 7Jews by nature and not 8sinners from among the Gentiles; 16nevertheless knowing that 9a man is not justified by the works of 10the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by 11faith in Christ and not by the works of 12the Law; since 13by the works of 14the Law no 15flesh will be justified. 17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found 16sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? 17May it never be! 18For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I 18prove myself to be a transgressor. 19For through 19the Law I 20died to 21the Law, so that I might live to God. 20I have been 22crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but 23Christ lives in me; and 24the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in 25the Son of God, who 26loved me and 27gave Himself up for me. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for 28if righteousness comes through 29the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”