Galatians 5:2
Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
1Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.
3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Forasmuch as we have heard, that some going out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment:
Romans 9:31But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
1 Thessalonians 2:18For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath 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 →