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Galatians 2:17

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17But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ,l is Christ then a promoterAm of sin? Absolutely not!n

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Footnotes

  1. AOr servant

Cross references

  1. lRm 6:23; 1Tm 1:15
  2. m1Co 3:5
  3. nLk 20:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!

NLTNew Living Translation

But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if while seeking to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also have been found to be sinners, then is Christ an agent of sin? May it never be!

KJV 1900King James Version

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.