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NASB | Galatians 2:21 "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 2:21 "I do not ignore or nullify the [gracious gift of the] grace of God [His amazing, unmerited favor], for if righteousness comes through [observing] the Law, then Christ died needlessly. [His suffering and death would have had no purpose whatsoever.]" |
Subject: Do we have to earn grace? |
Bible Note: EdB, Yours is an almost Catholic analysis, by my reading. This from a second-hand Catechism of the Catholic Church I picked up recently. 2005: "Since it belongs to the supernatural order, grace escapes our experience and cannot be known except by faith. We cannot therefore rely on our feelings or our works to conclude that we are justified and saved. However, according to the Lord's words - "Thus you will know them by their fruits" (Matt 7:20) - reflection on God's blessings in our life and in the lives of the saints offers us a guarantee that grace is at work in us and spurs us on to an ever greater faith and an attitude of trustful poverty." Colin |