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Galatians 2:15

We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

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We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

KJV

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἡμεῖςhēmeisWe ourselvesG3165 →
φύσειphuseiby birthG5449 →
ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiJewsG2453 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἐξexofG1537 →
ἐθνῶνethnōn[the] GentilesG1484 →
ἁμαρτωλοί·hamartōloisinners;G268 →

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Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.Matthew 15:26But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”Ephesians 2:11–12Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—Galatians 2:17But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!Romans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,Philippians 3:4though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:John 8:39–41“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.Acts 10:11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”Matthew 3:7–9But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Mark 7:26–28Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

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