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, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

Sinners

And [when they] saw [it], the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

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

What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in [the] flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in [the] flesh, made by hands,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

General references

since God [is] one, who will justify {those who are circumcised} by faith and {those who are uncircumcised} through faith.

For if I build up again these [things] which I destroyed, I show myself [to be] a transgressor.

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.