Galatians 5:2
Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Darby Translation
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 set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
3And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Inasmuch as we have heard that some who went out from amongst us have troubled you by words, upsetting your souls, [saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law]; to whom we gave no commandment;
Romans 9:31But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to [that] law.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of [me] Paul with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has 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 →