Galatians 5:2
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 15:24Since we have heard that certain men who went out from us have troubled you with words, disturbing your souls, saying to be circumcised, and to keep the law, to whom we did not command,
Romans 9:31But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of Paul by my hand.
Galatians 2:3But not even Titus with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18Therefore we wanted to come to you, indeed I, Paul, even once and again, and Satan hindered us.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 5:2-13
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the… Read the whole commentary →