Galatians 5:4
Ye are entirely separated from Christ, who seek to obtain righteousness through the Law; ye have fallen away from grace.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3yea, I testify again to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to keep the whole Law.
5For we through the Spirit by faith steadfastly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Cross References
Romans 4:4Now to him that performeth works, the reward is not accounted a matter of grace, but of debt;
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and endeavoring to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.
Galatians 1:6I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel;
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
Hebrews 10:38Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.”
2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is worse with them than the first.
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 →