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WeἩμεῖςareJewsἸουδαῖοιby natureφύσειandκαὶnotοὐκsinnersἁμαρτωλοίfromἐξthe nations,ἐθνῶν
Galatians 2:15
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Galatians 2:15, word by word
- JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioi
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appears- by natureφύσειphysei
nature
What someone is by birth.
Where else “physei” appears- sinnersἁμαρτωλοίhamartōloi
sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōloi” appears- the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears
The context
14But when I saw that they were not walking straight in line with the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas before all: If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the nations to live like Jews?
15 · This verse (above)
16yet knowing that a person is not declared righteous by works of the law but through faith in Jesus the Messiah, we too have believed in the Messiah Jesus, so that we might be declared righteous by faith in the Messiah and not by works of the law; because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous.