¹⁴ When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,^(A) I said to Cephas^(B) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.^(C) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?^(D)

¹⁵ “We who are Jews by birth^(E) and not sinful Gentiles^{(F) 16} know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,^(G) but by faith in Jesus Christ.^(H) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in^[a] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.^(I)

¹⁷ “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,^(J) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!^{(K) 18} If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

¹⁹ “For through the law I died to the law^(L) so that I might live for God.^{(M) 20} I have been crucified with Christ^(N) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.^(O) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,^(P) who loved me^(Q) and gave himself for me.^{(R) 21} I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,^(S) Christ died for nothing!”^[b]