Galatians 2:15-21 - Justified By Faith In Christ

¹⁵ "We are Jews by birth, and not 'Gentile sinners'; ¹⁶ "yet because we know that no man is justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we ourselves also have put our faith in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for "By the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified." ¹⁷ 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! ¹⁸ For if I am rebuilding the very things which I destroyed, I am proving myself a transgressor. ¹⁹ For it is through law I died to law, in order to live to God. ²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. ²¹ I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ died Christ for nothing.