15"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'
15"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'
12 Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15 "We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'
16 know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
17 "If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
2:15We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
2:15We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
2:15We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
2:15We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of the nations,
2:15We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
2:15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
2:15|We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
2:15we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,
2:15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,