Galatians 5:2
Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
1Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Since we have heard that some, going out from among us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment,
Romans 9:31Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.
1 Corinthians 16:21This is a greeting from my own hand, Paul.
Galatians 2:3But even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised,
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.
1 Thessalonians 2:18For we wanted to come to you, (indeed, I, Paul, attempted to do so once, and then again,) but Satan impeded 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 →