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 the Gentiles; 16nevertheless, knowing that 9a person is not justified by 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 works of 12the Law; since 13by 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 servant of sin? 1718Far from it! 18For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I 19prove myself to be a wrongdoer. 19For through 20the Law I 21died to 22the Law, so that I might live for God. 20I have been 23crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but 24Christ lives in me; and 25the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in 26the Son of God, who 27loved me and 28gave Himself up for me. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for 29if righteousness comes through 30the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”