Galatians 2:17

New Century Version

We Jews came to Christ, trying to be made right with God, and it became clear that we are sinners, too. Does this mean that Christ encourages sin? No!

Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers and will give the vineyard to other farmers.” When the people heard this story, they said, “Let this never happen!”

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God.

Romans 15:8

I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews to show that God’s promises to the Jewish ancestors are true.

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. As the Scriptures say: “So you will be shown to be right when you speak, and you will win your case.”

Romans 3:6

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

Galatians 2:11

When Peter came to Antioch, I challenged him to his face, because he was wrong.

Galatians 2:15

We were not born as non-Jewish “sinners,” but as Jews.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law is against God’s promises? Never! That would be true only if the law could make us right with God. But God did not give a law that can bring life.

Galatians 6:14

I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.

Hebrews 8:2

Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Place, the true place of worship that was made by God, not by humans.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away sins and that there is no sin in Christ.