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

When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?

They answered, and said unto him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said unto them, "If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the deeds of Abraham.

Therefore by faith is the inheritance given, that it might come of favour: and that the promise might be sure to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the law: but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham, which is the father of us all.

among which we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, and fulfilled the will of the flesh, and of the mind: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as well as others.

Sinners

When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto his disciples, "Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?"

The woman was a Greek out of Syrophoenicia, and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter.

And he said unto me, 'Depart for I will send thee afar hence unto the gentiles.'"

What say we then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise. For we have already proved how that both Jews and gentiles are all under sin,

Wherefore, remember that ye, being in time past gentiles in the flesh, and were called "uncircumcision" to them which are called "circumcision" in the flesh - which circumcision is made by hands -

For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

General references

For it is God only which justifieth circumcision, which is of faith: and uncircumcision through faith.

For if I build again that which I destroyed, then make I myself a trespasser.

But the things that were vantage unto me I counted loss for Christ's sake.