Galatians 5:2

Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

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In The King James Version

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

In Context

1In the freedom with which Christ has set us free, stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

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Cross References

Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by saying that you must be circumcised and keep the law.

Romans 9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

Galatians 2:3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith expressing itself through love.

1 Thessalonians 2:18Therefore we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed 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 →

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