Galatians 5:2

Behold, I Paul declare to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.

3And again, I testify to every man who is circumcised, that he is under an obligation to keep the whole law.

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Cross References

Acts 15:24Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain persons who went out from us have disturbed you with discourses, unsettling your minds, insisting, that you should be circumcised, and observe the law: to whom we gave no such charge:

Romans 9:31But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.

1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of Paul with mine own hand.

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

Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith exerting its energy by love.

1 Thessalonians 2:18Therefore we wished to have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan prevented 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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