paraphrased ‘enter the story’
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(Case in point.) 11 - When brother Peter came to Antioch, I (Paul) had to challenge him! 12 For before certain men came from James (and Jerusalem) he was eating with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back, separating himself. He did this because he feared what the circumcision party might think. {The “circumcision party” was Hebrew believers. They were brought up with the society preservative laws as THE covenant with God for LiFe, blessing and well being. The “judgments of The Law - against us - has been nailed to the cross of Jesus”. And now The Law is lived up to by the help and enabling which the Spirit/Presence of God called “grace” gives us. Indeed we surpass the society preservative laws! Not only does a Spirit filled person not murder, but they do not hate (divide, separate). We may hate an idea and beliefs that captivate, but not the people captured.}
13 And then {of course} the rest of the Hebrews (slang Jews) acted hypocritically along with him! Even Barnabas was led astray!
14 But when I saw how their conduct wasn’t in step with the Truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile - and not like a Jew - how can you expect the Gentile believers to live like Jews?” {Mixing “law with grace” as “another gospel”/message of God. On either side of the “narrow way” is two huge, bog filled ditches, the two L’s - Legalism and License. Both are deadly to successful Christ-ianity, both individual and collective.} 15 For we ourselves are Jews by birth and are not lawless. 16 Yet we know - that a person is not JUSTIFIED by following the law {because being imperfect/entropic we cannot do it perfectly} - but justification/declared innocent and righteous - is through faith in Jesus Christ.
And we Hebrews, also, have believed in Christ, as the means to be justified. [Dikaioó - quote - “from dikē - right, approved, especially in a legal, authoritative and judicial sense; to show what is right, i.e. conformed to a proper standard, upright; the believer is made righteous/justified (G1344 /dikaióō) by the Lord, cleared of all charges.. Moreover, they are justified (1344 /dikaióō, "made right, righteous") by God's grace each time they receive (obey) faith (4102 /pístis), i.e. "God's inwrought persuasion" cf. the -oō ending which conveys "to bring to/out”] — {aha! It’s not only “all charges dropped” but right-ness is brought in and out of the (yielded) believer. Genuine Faith will bear Fruit. And all of it is by faith - The “new and living way”.}
Because by works of the law, no one is justified! {Imperfect cannot make itself perfect.. 🗝️But God can, and will.} 17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be practicing sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin?? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a deliberate offender. {Loving death?} 19 For through the law, I died to the law - so that - I might live to God. 20 What I mean of course, is I, the old me, has been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live. But Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not cancel out and frustrate the grace of God! For if righteousness is earned {and not a gift and endowment} then Christ died in vain!
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usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.
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Tomorrow - Galatians 3:1-7.
My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’.
Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)
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