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Justification by Faith Alone
This verse contains the core of the gospel. Commentators unanimously affirm that a person is declared righteous ('justified') before God not by keeping the law, but exclusively through faith in Jesus Christ. This isn't about adding faith to our efforts; it's about abandoning self-effort and relying solely on Christ's work. As several scholars note, if righteousness could be earned, Christ's death would have been unnecessary.
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Galatians
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Albert Barnes
On Galatians 2:16
18th Century
Theologian
Knowing. We who are Jews by nature, or by birth. This cannot mean that all the Jews knew this, or that a Jew knew it as a matter …
AT Robertson
On Galatians 2:16
Is not justified (ου δικαιουτα). Present passive indicative of δικαιοω, an old causative verb from δικαιος, righteous (from δικε, …
Charles Ellicott
On Galatians 2:16
19th Century
Bishop
Is not justified.—Here the Apostle introduces, for the first time in the Epistle, the word which plays so prominent a part in the …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Galatians 2:16
19th Century
Preacher
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we m…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Galatians 2:16
This is one of the most important verses in the letter. It contains the first mention of the words “justify” and “law” (GK 3795), and is also the f…
John Calvin
On Galatians 2:16
16th Century
Theologian
But by the faith of Jesus Christ. He does not merely state that ceremonies, or works of any kind, are insufficient without the assistance …
John Gill
On Galatians 2:16
17th Century
Pastor
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law
That is, Peter, Paul, Bar…
Matthew Henry
On Galatians 2:15–19
17th Century
Minister
Paul, having thus shown he was not inferior to any apostle, not even to Peter himself, speaks of the great foundational doctrine of the gospel. Why…