Galatians 2:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Sinners

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

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

General references

since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.