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Galatians 2 Summary

Justified by Faith Not by Works of Law

Paul confronted Peter at Antioch for withdrawing from Gentile table fellowship under pressure. We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. If righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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Galatians 2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 2:19-20

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Galatians 2:21

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

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