When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Galatians 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [I went on to say] Although we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners, American Standard Version (1901) We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Common English Bible We are born Jews—we’re not Gentile sinners. Catholic Public Domain Version By nature, we are Jews, and not of the Gentiles, sinners. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners. |
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”
Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
What then? Are we any better off? No, not at all; for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,
For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us,
But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.
even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.
And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’