Galatians 2:17
But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Berean Standard Bible
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18If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
Cross References
Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Romans 6:1What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 2:12-21
Peter Reproved by Paul. ( a. d. 56.) 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the… Read the whole commentary →