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15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles
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We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
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yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.
17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
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But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
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But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a transgressor.
19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
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For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ;
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
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I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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