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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Galatians 2:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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2:15 Gentiles were ‘sinners’ in that they did not have the law and could not obey God’s commands. Paul was using the categories of Jewish thinking (cp. Matt 15:21-28; 26:45; Luke 6:32-34; 18:9-14) with strong irony in light of the sinful condition of all people (Gal 2:16; Rom 3:23).
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