Galatians 2:17

Easy To Read Version

We Jews came to Christ to be made right with God. So it is clear that we were sinners too. Does this mean that Christ makes us sinners? No!

Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. {\cf2\super [13]} Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers! Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.”

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: The people of Israel (the Jews) tried \{to be right with God\}. But they did not succeed. But the people God chose did \{become right with him\}. The other people became hard and refused to listen to God.

Romans 15:8

I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews to show that what God promises is true. Christ did this to prove that God will do the things he promised the Jewish fathers.

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [26]} say:

Romans 3:6

No! If God could not punish us, then God could not judge the world.

Galatians 2:11

Peter came to Antioch. He did something that was not right. I was against Peter, because he was wrong.

Galatians 2:15

We Jews were not born as non-Jews and sinners. We were born as Jews.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law {\cf2\super [41]} is against God’s promises? No! If there was a law that could give life to people, then we could be made right by following law.

Galatians 6:14

I hope I will never boast about things like that. The cross (death) of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for boasting. Through Jesus’ death on the cross the world is dead {\cf2\super [80]} to me; and I am dead to the world.

Hebrews 8:2

Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Place. {\cf2\super [78]} He serves in the true place of worship {\cf2\super [79]} that was made by God, not by people.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.