Galatians 5:2
Let me, Paul, tell you bluntly: if you rely on the way of circumcision, Christ will be of absolutely no benefit to you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
3Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law.
Cross References
Acts 15:24We have heard that some from our group have confused you with their teachings, causing you trouble. We certainly didn't tell them to do this!
Romans 9:31But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
1 Corinthians 16:21I Paul write this greeting with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3But as it turned out, nobody even insisted that Titus who was with me should be circumcised, though he was Greek.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.
1 Thessalonians 2:18We really wanted to come and visit you, and I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan stopped 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 →