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

¹⁵ We are Jews by birth, and not sinners from the nations. ¹⁶ Yet we know that a man is not righteous by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. We believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be righteous by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law. The works of the law justify no one. ¹⁷ We sought to be righteous in Christ. And we were found to be sinners. Is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid. ¹⁸ If I build up again the things that I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor. ¹⁹ I, through the law, died to the law that I might live to (for) God. ²⁰ I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me. ²¹ I do not reject the grace (totally undeserved gift) of God: for if righteousness is [gained] through the law, then Christ died for nothing.