be·long Audio pronunciation of "belonging" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-lông, -lng)
intr.v. be·longed, be·long·ing, be·longs
1.
1. To be proper, appropriate, or suitable: A napkin belongs at every place setting.
2. To be in an appropriate situation or environment: That plant belongs outdoors.
2.
1. To be a member of a group, such as a club.
2. To fit into a group naturally: No matter what I did, I just didn't belong.
3. To have in one's possession. Often used with to: “The earth belongs to the living” (Thomas Jefferson).
4. To be a part of something else: These blades belong to the food processor.
[Middle English bilongen : probably bi-, be- + longen, to belong (probably from long, dependent, from Old English gelang, along, depending. See del-1 in Indo-European Roots).]
Paul Opposes Peter
11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 13And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
Justified by Faith
15We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16yet we know that a person is not justified[1] by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,[2] so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to 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 our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if justification[3] were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
