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Originally Posted by Ohio
Paul warned Peter in Antioch, many years after he was saved, that he could be found to be a sinner ... Gal 2.17
Here Paul did NOT say that we could not be found to be sinners, but that even if we were sinners, then still Christ would not be a minister of sin.
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Good - you're looking! The next verse (2:18) says, "If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker." So wasn't that which was mentioned in verse 17 already "torn down"? I think Paul is referring to trying to build up that whole system of sin conscientiousness again.
So should we call ourselves sinners, focus on that as our identity and have a sin conscientiousness? Of course not!
(and I am not opposed to using the word "sinner" entirely, it's just that too often it gets used to refer to who we are. We are saints who sometimes sin.)