Galatians 2:16

¹⁴ When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

¹⁵ We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷ But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

¹⁸ If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
KJV: 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.
WEB: yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
ASV: yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
DARBY: but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.
BLB: are knowing now that a man is not justified by works of the law, except through faith from Jesus Christ. We also believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith from Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law not any flesh will be justified.

ÅB: men da vi innså at et menneske ikke blir rettferdiggjort av lov-gjerninger, men ved tro på Kristus Jesus, så trodde også vi på Kristus Jesus, for å bli rettferdiggjort av tro på Kristus og ikke av lov-gjerninger, ettersom intet kjød blir rettferdiggjort av lov-gjerninger.
OTB: likevel vet vi at et menneske ikke blir rettferdiggjort ved lovens gjerninger, men ved tro på Jesus Kristus. Så vi har også trodd på Kristus Jesus, for at vi kunne bli rettferdiggjort ved tro på Kristus og ikke ved lovens gjerninger, fordi ved lovens gjerninger vil ingen bli rettferdiggjort.
B1930: men da vi innså at et menneske ikke blir rettferdiggjort av lov-gjerninger, men ved tro på Kristus Jesus, så trodde også vi på Kristus Jesus, for å bli rettferdiggjort av tro på Kristus og ikke av lov-gjerninger, eftersom intet kjød blir rettferdiggjort av lov-gjerninger.

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Original text and word study

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Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
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Psalms 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
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Romans 3:19–28
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
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Romans 9:30
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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1 Peter 1:18–21
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
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Acts 13:38–39
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
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1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
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Galatians 3:10–14
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
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