Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ,
New American Standard Bible
But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found
King James Version
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
International Standard Version
Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not!
A Conservative Version
But if, while seeking to be made righteous in Christ, we ourselves were also found sinful, then is Christ an aide of sin? May it not happen!
American Standard Version
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
Amplified
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not!
An Understandable Version
But, if while we were trying to be made right with God through a relationship with Christ, we were discovered to still be sinners [by acting like unsaved Gentiles], does that mean Christ is responsible for our sin? Of course not.
Anderson New Testament
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found sinners, is Christ, there fore, the minister of sin? It can not be.
Bible in Basic English
But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!
Common New Testament
But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not!
Daniel Mace New Testament
Now if it be a sin to seek for justification by Christ, then is Christ the minister of sin, which cannot be.
Darby Translation
Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then is Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.
Godbey New Testament
But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we may also be found sinners, then is Christ the minister of sin? it could not be so.
Goodspeed New Testament
If through our efforts to be made upright through Christ, we have ourselves been proved as much "sinners" as the heathen, does that make Christ encourage sin? By no means.
John Wesley New Testament
But if while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?
Julia Smith Translation
And it; seeking to be justified in Christ, we were found also ourselves sinners, is Christ therefore the servant of sin? It may not be.
King James 2000
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if [while] seeking to be justified by Christ, [we] ourselves also have been found [to be] sinners, then [is] Christ an agent of sin? May it never be!
Modern King James verseion
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we also were found to be sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Let it not be said!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If then, while we seek to be made righteous by Christ, we ourselves are found sinners, is not then Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Moffatt New Testament
If it is discovered that in our quest for justification in Christ we are 'sinners' as well as the Gentiles, does that make Christ an agent of sin? Never!
Montgomery New Testament
But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves also have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Far from it!
NET Bible
But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!
New Heart English Bible
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not.
Noyes New Testament
But while seeking to be accepted as righteous in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Far be it!
Sawyer New Testament
But if seeking to be justified by Christ we are found to be ourselves also sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? By no means.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, if in seeking to be declared righteous in Christ we, ourselves also, were found sinners, - is Christ, therefore, a minister, of sin? Far be it!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For if seeking to be justified by Christ, we also ourselves should be found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? God forbid.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be outcasts, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
Webster
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? By no means.
Weymouth New Testament
But if while we are seeking in Christ acquittal from guilt we ourselves are convicted of sin, Christ then encourages us to sin! No, indeed.
Williams New Testament
Now if, in our efforts to come into right standing with God through union with Christ, we have proved ourselves to be sinners like the heathen themselves, does that make Christ a party to our sin? Of course not.
World English Bible
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Worrell New Testament
But, if while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is, then, Christ a minister of sin? It could not be!
Worsley New Testament
But if while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?
Youngs Literal Translation
And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!
Themes
Justification » Justification coming by jesus Christ
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Is not of faith and works united
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 2:17
Questions on Galatians 2:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Justified By Faith In Christ
16
know that no one is justified by the works of the law
Phrases
Cross References
Galatians 2:15
We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners”
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus,
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not!
and triumph when You judge.
Romans 3:6
Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
Romans 6:1-2
What should we say then?
Romans 9:30-33
What should we say then?
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,
Romans 15:8
For I say that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised
2 Corinthians 3:7-9
Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory,
Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas
Galatians 3:21
Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.
Hebrews 7:24-28
But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently.
Hebrews 8:2
a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man.
1 John 3:5
You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,
1 John 3:8-10
The one who commits