Galatians 2:21

Easy To Read Version

This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.

Cross References

Psalm 33:10

The Lord can make everyone’s advice useless.\par He can ruin all their plans.\par

Isaiah 49:4

I said,\par “I worked hard for nothing.\par I wore myself out,\par but I did nothing useful.\par I used all my power,\par but I did not really do anything.\par So, the Lord must decide\par what to do with me.\par God must decide my reward.\par

Jeremiah 8:8

“You keep saying,\par ‘We have the Lord’s teachings!\par So we are wise!’\par But that is not true.\par Why? Because the scribes {\cf2\super [69]} \par have lied with their pens.\par

Mark 7:9

Then Jesus said to them: “You think you are smart! You ignore the commands of God so that you can follow your own teachings!

Romans 10:3

They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 11:6

And if God chose his people by grace, then it is not the things they have done that made them God’s people. If they could be made God’s people by the things they did, then God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift.

Romans 4:25

Jesus was given to die for our sins. And he was raised from death to make us right with God.

Romans 8:31

So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no person can stand against us. And God is with us.

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has never been raised, then the message we tell people is worth nothing. And your faith is worth nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:17

And if Christ has not been raised from death, then your faith is for nothing; you are still guilty of your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are saved by this message. But you must continue believing the things I told you. If you don’t do that, then you believed for nothing.

Galatians 2:16

We know that a person is not made right with God by following the law. {\cf2\super [18]} No! It is trusting in Jesus Christ that makes a person right with God. So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we wanted to be made right with God. And we are right with God because we trusted in Christ—not because we followed the law. \{This is true\} because no person can be made right with God by following the law.

Galatians 2:18

But I would really be wrong to begin teaching again those things (the law) that I gave up.

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.

Hebrews 7:11

People were given the law {\cf2\super [62]} under the system of priests from the Levi family group. {\cf2\super [63]} But people could not be made spiritually perfect through that system of priests. So there was a need for another priest to come. I mean a priest that is like Melchizedek, {\cf2\super [64]} not Aaron. {\cf2\super [65]}