Galatians 2:15

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Summary

Galatians 2:15

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

Jews

Sinners

General references

Romans 3:30

Galatians 2:18

Philippians 3:7

Bible References

Jews

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?

They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

Sinners

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.

And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.

What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

Remember therefore that once ye, the Gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision (in flesh, made by hands),

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

General references

since God is one, who will make the man of circumcision righteous from faith, and the man of uncircumcision through faith.

For if I build again these things that I torn down, I demonstrate myself a transgressor.

But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ.