Gal 2:14-21 | ESV | STEP | But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel , I said to Cephas before them all , If you , though a Jew , live like a Gentile and not like a Jew , how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews ?

Galatians 2:14-21

14 But when I saw that their ^aconduct was not in step with ^bthe truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas ^cbefore them all, “If you, though a Jew, ^dlive like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^eGentile sinners; 16 yet we know that ^fa person is not justified ^{▼▼Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17} by works of the law ^hbut through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ⁱbecause by works of the law no one will be justified.

17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^jto be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I ^kdied to the law, so that I might ^llive to God. 20 I have been ^mcrucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ⁿin me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^owho loved me and ^pgave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^qif righteousness ^{▼▼Or justification} were through the law, ^sthen Christ died for no purpose.