Galatians 5:3
I testify indeed again to every man that is circumcised, that he is bound to do the whole law.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
In Context
2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
4You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.
Cross References
Matthew 23:16Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.
Luke 16:28for I have five brothers; that he may earnestly admonish them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
Acts 20:21bearing full testimony both to Jews and to Greeks, of the repentance that leads to God, and of the faith that leads to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that does not continue in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
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 →