Galatians 2:21 (DRB)

Passage

I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

Nearby Context

Galatians 2:19 For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross.

Galatians 2:20 And I live, now not I: but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and delivered himself for me.

Galatians 2:21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "cast", "away", "justice", "christ", "died", and "vain". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The prior verse says "And I live now not I but...", giving immediate footing for "grace" and "cast". In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "cast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.