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 seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Ye serpents, ye brood of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace, that the promise might be firm to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (As it is written,

in the desires of the flesh, doing the will of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the others.

Sinners

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

having heard of him, came and fell at his feet, (The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation) and besought him to cast the devil out of her daughter.

But he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far off to the Gentiles.

What then? Are we better than they? In no wise: for we have before proved all, both Jews and Gentiles, to be under sin.

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh (who were called the uncircumcision, by that which is called the circumcision made with hands in the flesh) Were at that time without Christ,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, inslaved to various desires and pleasures, living in wickedness and envy, hateful, hating one another:

General references

and the uncircumcision through the same faith.

God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

But whatsoever things were gain to me, those I have accounted loss for Christ.