Galatians 2:15-16

Justified by Faith

¹⁵ We ourselves are Jews by birth and not _m Gentile sinners; ¹⁶ yet we know that _n a person is not justified ₁ by works of the law _o but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, _p because by works of the law no one will be justified.

1. Cross References
   Galatians 2:17
   But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
   Ephesians 2:3
   Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
   Ephesians 2:12
   Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
   
2. Cross References
   Galatians 3:11
   Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith.
   Acts 13:39
   And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 9:30
   What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 3:20
   For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
   Psalms 143:2
   Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.