17. But if it is discovered that we ourselves are sinners while we are trying to be made righteous in Christ, then is Christ a servant of sin? Absolutely not!
18. If I rebuild the very things that I tore down, I show that I myself am breaking the Law.
19. I died to the Law through the Law, so that I could live for God.
20. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in my body, I live by faith, indeed, by the faithfulness of God’s Son, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21. I don’t ignore the grace of God, because if we become righteous through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose.