Galatians 5:2
Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.
Montgomery 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 firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.
Cross References
Acts 15:24"as we have heard that some of your number who went out from us have troubled you with words and upset your souls, without having received any such instruction from us;
Romans 9:31But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
1 Corinthians 16:21The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand.
Galatians 2:3But although Titus, my companion, was a Greek, they did not compel even him to be circumcised.
Galatians 5:6because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18For that reason I would fain have visited you - I, Paul, again and again - but 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 →