Galatians 2:21 “I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes throug…”

Galatians 2:21

I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

World English Bible

I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

American Standard Version

I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Geneva Bible 1599

I doe not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes be by the Lawe, then Christ dyed without a cause.

Darby Translation

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [is] by law, then Christ has died for nothing.

Young's Literal Translation

I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness [be] through law — then Christ died in vain.

Bible in Basic English

I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.

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Cross references

“do not”

Galatians 2:18 Mark 7:9 Romans 8:31 Psalm 33:10

Galatians 2:18 · BSB

If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

Mark 7:9 · BSB

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

Romans 8:31 · BSB

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Psalm 33:10 · BSB

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

“righteousness”

Romans 11:6 Galatians 3:21 Hebrews 7:11 Galatians 2:16 Galatians 5:2–4 Romans 10:3

Romans 11:6 · BSB

And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

Galatians 3:21 · BSB

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

Hebrews 7:11 · BSB

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not i…

Galatians 2:16 · BSB

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of…

Galatians 5:2–4 · BSB

Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

Romans 10:3 · BSB

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

“Christ”

1 Corinthians 15:14 Isaiah 49:4 1 Corinthians 15:2 1 Corinthians 15:17 Jeremiah 8:8

1 Corinthians 15:14 · BSB

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Isaiah 49:4 · BSB

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

1 Corinthians 15:2 · BSB

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:17 · BSB

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

Jeremiah 8:8 · BSB

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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