Study Desk

I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles—but privately to those recognized as leaders—so that I might not be running, or have run the race, in vain.

But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

But we did not give up and submit to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would be preserved for you.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?"

know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.

But if we ourselves are also found to be "sinners" while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say "and to seeds," as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.

For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

Now a mediator is not for just one person, but God is one.

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin's power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

But in the past, when you didn't know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them.

But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.