2:15 We are Jews by birth ³  and not Gentile sinners, ⁴  2:16 yet we know ⁵  that no one ⁶  is justified by the works of the law ⁷  but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. ⁸  And ⁹  we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ ¹⁰  and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one ¹¹  will be justified. 2:17 But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages ¹²  sin? Absolutely not! 2:18 But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, ¹³  I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law. ¹⁴  2:19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, ¹⁵  and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So ¹⁶  the life I now live in the body, ¹⁷  I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, ¹⁸  who loved me and gave himself for me. 2:21 I do not set aside ¹⁹  God’s grace, because if righteousness ²⁰  could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing! ²¹