Galatians 2:15-21, pt.2
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Gal. 2:20a
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Galatians 2:15-21, pt.1
A man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law. Gal. 2:16
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Galatians 2:1-14, pt.2
James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised; only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do. Gal. 2:9-10
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Galatians 2:1-14, pt.1
And from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who were of repute added nothing to me; but on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised. Gal. 2:6-7
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Galatians 1:10-24, pt.2
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace . . . Gal. 1:15
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Galatians 1:1-9, pt.2
The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age according to the will of God the Father. Gal. 1:4
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Galatians 1:1-9, pt.1
Whereas Romans and Galatians cover the same subject matter, in the former Paul employs a loftier discourse and more sophisticated arguments, and in the latter, he addresses those who are “senseless” and “foolish” and adopts a style appropriate for censure and not instruction.
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Galatians – An Introduction
Paul’s letter acerbically refutes the teaching that legal obedience makes one a better Christian. Paul strongly affirms that we are made right with God through the faith of and in Jesus and that there are to be no divisions in the church based upon whether a person obeys the black-letter biblical laws.
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The Lord’s Prayer – A Prayer for the Poor
In the actual text of the Sermon on the Mount, for instance, at least in the original Greek, an ominously archetypal figure, identified simply as “the wicked man” (ὁ πονηρός), makes a brief appearance. He is almost certainly meant to be understood as a depiction of the sort of avaricious, disingenuous, and rapacious man who routinely abuses, deceives, defrauds, and plunders the poor.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapters 52-53, pt.2
In this last Song, the Servant suffers silently and vicariously on behalf of others. He bears their griefs and sorrows, their transgressions and iniquities. And, in this Song, the Servant’s death is spoken of. But it is within this suffering and death, that the nations see and come to understand God.
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