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 baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Sinners

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

Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,

Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands--

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

General references

since God is one--who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.