Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, then Christ died for nothing!
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Psalms 33:10Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations; 1 he overrules the plans of the peoples. 1
Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, “We are wise, for the law of Yahweh is with us”? 1 Indeed, see! The deceitful pen of the scribes has created deceit. 1
Romans 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works. Otherwise grace would no longer be grace. + 11:6 Some old copies read, But if it is by works, then is it no more grace; otherwise work is no more work .
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Galatians 2:16yet we know that no person is justified by the works of the law but through faith in Christ Jesus. We also came to faith in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law. For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified.
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 →