Galatians - part 6 of 17  Paul wraps up his defense of his ministry and message by summarizing what he told Peter and how those words speak directly to the situation in Galatia. This paragraph is the theological springboard for the rest of the letter to the Galatians.   For downloadable notes and more details visit https://www.listenerscommentary.com DONATE - The Listener's Commentary is a crowdfunded Bible teaching ministry. It is made possible by our generous supporters. Thank you! If you'd like to support this work, visit https://www.listenerscommentary.com TEXT  14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? 15 “We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles; 16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! 18 For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the lifewhich 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 do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comesthrough the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”