15 We are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners,” 16 and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law(A) but by faith in Jesus Christ,[a] even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ[b] and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will[c] be justified. 17 But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ,(B) is Christ then a promoter[d](C) of sin? Absolutely not!(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:16 Or by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ
  2. 2:16 Or by the faithfulness of Christ
  3. 2:16 Lit law all flesh will not
  4. 2:17 Or servant

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