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But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you [fn] compel Gentiles to live as Jews? [fn]

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

"But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith." Habakkuk 2:4">[fn]

Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them." Leviticus 18:5">[fn]

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 24:7">[fn] who is Christ.

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.

But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born [fn] of a woman, born under the law,

Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of [fn] God through Christ.

But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them.

But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.