Galatians 2:21

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

"I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." - Galatians 2:21
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What does Galatians 2:21 mean?

Galatians 2:21 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." This verse is a powerful statement by the Apostle Paul, expressing the importance of grace and the futility of…

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The Cost of Grace: Understanding Galatians 2:21

In the heart of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Galatians, we find a profound declaration that resonates deeply with the core of Christian faith: "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain" (Galatians 2:21, KJV). This…

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A Prayer for Embracing the Grace of God

Heavenly Father, As I come before Your holy throne, I stand in awe of Your grace and mercy that has been poured out upon us through the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Lord, I humbly approach You with a heart full of gratitude for the unmerited favor You have shown me. In…

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Galatians 2:21 - "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."
Galatians 2:1 - "Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also."
Galatians 1:21 - "Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;"
Galatians 4:21 - "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?"
Galatians 2:20
"Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also." - Galatians 2:1
"Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;" - Galatians 1:21
Galatians 2:20
Galatians 1:2 - "And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:"
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Galatians 2:15 - "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,"
Galatians 3:21 - "Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law."
Galatians 4:2 - "But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father."
Galatians 2:3 - "But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:"
"Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?" - Galatians 4:21
Galatians 6:2 - "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
Galatians 2:13 - "And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation."
Galatians 2:8 - "(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)"
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:5 - "To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you."
Galatians 5:21 - "Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
Galatians 2:19 - "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."
Galatians 2:18 - "For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor."
Galatians 2:11 - "But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed."
"And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:" - Galatians 1:2
Galatians 2:7 - "But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;"
Galatians 2:10 - "Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do."
Galatians 3:2 - "This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
"We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles," - Galatians 2:15