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Galatians 2:16

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that: Galatians 2:19, Galatians 3:10-12, Galatians 5:4; Job 9:2-3, Job 9:29, Job 25:4; Psalms 130:3-4; Luke 10:25-29; Acts 13:38-39; Romans 3:19-20, Romans 3:27-28, Romans 4:2, Romans 4:13-15; Philippians 3:9

but: Galatians 3:13-14, Galatians 3:22-24, Galatians 4:5; Romans 1:17, Romans 3:21-26, Romans 3:28, Romans 3:30, Romans 4:5-6, Romans 4:24-25, Romans 5:1-2, Romans 5:8-9; Romans 8:3, Romans 8:30-34; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Philippians 3:9; Hebrews 7:18-19

we have: Galatians 2:20; John 6:68-69, John 20:31; Acts 4:12; 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 1:8-9, 1 Peter 1:18-21, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:1-2; Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:14

for: Galatians 3:11; Psalms 143:2

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