15. By nature, we are Jews, and not of the Gentiles, sinners.
16. And we know that man is not justified by the works of the law, but only by the faith of Jesus Christ. And so we believe in Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law. For no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
17. But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, would then Christ be the minister of sin? Let it not be so!
18. For if I rebuild the things that I have destroyed, I establish myself as a prevaricator.
19. For through the law, I have become dead to the law, so that I may live for God. I have been nailed to the cross with Christ.
20. I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.
21. I do not reject the grace of God. For if justice is through the law, then Christ died in vain.