Faith and Works.^* 15We, who are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles, 16ⁿ [yet] who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.^* 17But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin?^* Of course not! 18But if I am building up again those things that I tore down, then I show myself to be a transgressor.^*