17. But if, while we sought to be justified in Messiah, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Messiah a servant of sin? Certainly not!
18. For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
19. For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.
20. I have been crucified with Messiah, and it is no longer I that live, but Messiah lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
21. I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Messiah died for nothing!”