When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why does this Teacher of yours eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Galatians 2:15 - Tree of Life Version We are Jews by birth and not sinners from among the Gentiles. 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 this Teacher of yours eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be executed, and on the third day rise up.”
“And he said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
What then? Are we better than they? No, not at all. For we have already made the case that all—both Jewish and Greek people—are under sin.
For this reason it depends on trust, so that the promise according to grace might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those of the Torah but also to those of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all
But if, while seeking to be justified in Messiah, we ourselves also were found to be sinners, is Messiah then an agent of sin? May it never be!
We too all lived among them in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind. By nature we were children of wrath, just like the others.
though I myself might have confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he might depend on the flesh, I far more—
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Then Adonai sent you on a mission and said: ‘Go and utterly destroy the Amalekites, the sinners, and wage war against them until you annihilate them.’