Galatians 2:15 Cross References
Galatians 2:15
15: You and I are Jews by birth, not 'sinners' like the Gentiles.
Ephesians 2:3
- All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.
Titus 3:3
- Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
Ephesians 2:11
- Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.
- In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
Romans 3:9
- Well then, are we Jews better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.
Acts 22:21
- "But the Lord said to me, 'Leave Jerusalem, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"
Mark 7:26
- She begged him to release her child from the demon's control. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,
- Jesus told her, "First I should help my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs."
- She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are given some crumbs from the children's plates."
Romans 4:16
- So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.
John 8:39
- "Our father is Abraham," they declared. "No," Jesus replied, "for if you were children of Abraham, you would follow his good example.
- I told you the truth I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham wouldn't do a thing like that.
- No, you are obeying your real father when you act that way." They replied, "We were not born out of wedlock! Our true Father is God himself."
Matthew 9:11
- The Pharisees were indignant. "Why does your teacher eat with such scum?" they asked his disciples.
1 Samuel 15:18
- And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, `Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'
Matthew 3:7
- But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he denounced them. "You brood of snakes!" he exclaimed. "Who warned you to flee God's coming judgment?
- Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God.
- Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.
Philippians 3:4
- Yet I could have confidence in myself if anyone could. If others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!