Galatians 5:3
I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
In Context
4If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.
Cross References
Matthew 23:16"Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, If any one swears by the Sanctuary, it is nothing, but if any one swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, the oath is binding.
Luke 16:28"‘Let him earnestly warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’
Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:10but a curse rests on those who have their root in the works of the Law; for it is written. Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.
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 →