Galatians 2:16

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶yet who know that a man is not justified^[a] by works of the law^[b] but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.

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Galatians 2:16 Or reckoned righteous; and so elsewhere
2.16 works of the law: Paul is contrasting not faith with good works but faith in Jesus Christ with observance of the law of Moses.

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