Galatians 2:19-21

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¹⁹for it was through reading the Scripture that I came to realize that I could never find God’s favor by trying—and failing—to obey the laws. I came to realize that acceptance with God comes by believing in Christ.^[a]

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ: and I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the real life I now have within this body is a result of my trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ²¹I am not one of those who treats Christ’s death as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping Jewish laws, then there was no need for Christ to die.

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Galatians 2:19 that I could never find God’s favor . . . acceptance with God comes by believing in Christ, literally, “for I through the law died to the law, that I might live unto God.”