Galatians 5:2
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
Romans 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan 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 →