Galatians 2:21 (WEB)

Passage

I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

Nearby Context

Galatians 2:19 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Galatians 2:21 I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "reject", "righteousness", "through", "christ", "died", and "nothing". 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 "I have been crucified with Christ and...", giving immediate footing for "grace" and "reject". 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 "reject" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.