Galatians 2:21

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I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

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Antioch in Syria was the mixed Jewish-Gentile church where Paul confronted Peter over fellowship and justification, while Jerusalem was the center of the early Jewish-Christian apostles whom Paul consulted. These settings frame Paul’s insistence that righteousness comes through Christ, not by works of the law.

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Galatians 2:21 mentions Antioch and Jerusalem.

Photo of Antioch — Antioch · Volkan Hatem

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13