Galatians 2:21

Conservative English Version

I don't turn my back on God's undeserved kindness. If we can be acceptable to God by obeying the Law, it was useless for Christ to die.

Cross References

Psalm 33:10

The LORD destroys the plans and spoils the schemes of the nations.

Isaiah 49:4

I said to myself, "I'm completely worn out; my time has been wasted. But I did it for the LORD God, and he will reward me."

Jeremiah 8:8

You say, "We are wise because we have the teachings and laws of the LORD." But I say that your teachers have turned my words into lies!

Mark 7:9

You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!

Romans 10:3

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Romans 11:6

This happened because of God's undeserved kindness and not because of anything they have done. It could not have happened except for God's kindness.

Romans 4:25

God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.

Romans 8:31

What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us?

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ wasn't raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith.

1 Corinthians 15:17

Unless Christ was raised to life, your faith is useless, and you are still living in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.

Galatians 2:18

But if I tear down something and then build it again, I prove that I was wrong at first.

Galatians 3:21

Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law.

Hebrews 7:11

Even though the Law of Moses says that the priests must be descendants of Levi, those priests cannot make anyone perfect. So there needs to be a priest like Melchizedek, rather than one from the priestly family of Aaron.