Galatians 5:2
See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
1Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;
Romans 9:31But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
1 Corinthians 16:21I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.
Galatians 2:3But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:
Galatians 5:6Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.
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 →