Galatians 5:2
Behold I Paul say unto you, that, if you may be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
3And again I witness to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
Cross References
Acts 15:24Since we heard that certain ones having come out from us troubled you, disturbing your souls with words which we did not command:
Romans 9:31but Israel, following after the law, did not attain unto the law of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of me Paul with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3But neither was Titus the one with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision avails anything; but faith working through divine love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18Because we wish to come to you, I Paul indeed both once and twice; and Satan hindered me.
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 →