Galatians 2:15
“We who are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,”
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Galatians 2:15 Context
13And the other Iewes dissembled likewise with him, insomuch that Barnabas also was caried away with their dissimulation. 14But when I saw that they walked not vprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said vnto Peter before them al, If thou, being a Iew, liuest after the maner of Gentiles, and not as doe the Iewes, why compellest thou the Gentiles to liue as do the Iewes? 15We who are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16Knowing that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Iesus Christ, euen we haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the workes of the Law: for by the workes of the Law shall no flesh be iustified. 17But if while we seeke to be iustified by Christ, wee our selues also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sinne? God forbid.
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Other Translations for Galatians 2:15
We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- King James Version
"We {are} Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- American Standard Version (1901)
We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- Basic English Bible
We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of [the] nations,
- Darby Bible
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- Webster's Bible
You and I, though we are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
- Weymouth Bible
We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,
- World English Bible
We Jewis of kynde, and not synful men of the hethene,
- Wycliffe Bible
we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Galatians 2:15
2:15 We - St. Paul, to spare St. Peter, drops the first person singular, and speaks in the plural number. #Gal 2:18|, he speaks in the first person singular again by a figure; and without a figure, #Gal 2:19|, &c. Who are Jews by nature - By birth, not proselytes only. And not sinners of the gentiles - That is, not sinful Gentiles; not such gross, enormous, abandoned sinners, as the heathens generally were.
People's Bible Notes for Galatians 2:15
Ga 2:15 We [who are] Jews by nature. You and I. Both Paul and Peter were Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles. As Jews were wont to call the Gentile heathen.