Galatians 2:21

Grace Justification The cross and atonement The law

¹⁹ For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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

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BSB: I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
KJV: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
WEB: I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”
ASV: I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
DARBY: I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [is] by law, then Christ has died for nothing.
BLB: I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness [is] through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

ÅB: Jeg akter ikke Guds nåde for intet; for er rettferdighet å få ved loven, da er altså Kristus død forgjeves.
OTB: Jeg setter ikke Guds nåde til side, for hvis rettferdighet kunne oppnås gjennom loven, da døde Kristus uten grunn.
B1930: Jeg akter ikke Guds nåde for intet; for er rettferdighet å få ved loven, da er altså Kristus død forgjeves.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 11:6
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
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Galatians 3:21
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
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Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
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1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
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Galatians 2:16
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.
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Galatians 5:2–4
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
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Isaiah 49:4
But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
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Romans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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