Galatians 5:2
Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, the Messiah is of no advantage to you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 15:24We have heard, that some have gone from us and disquieted you, by discourses, and have subverted your minds, by saying, That ye must be circumcised and keep the law; things which we have not commanded them.
Romans 9:31But Israel, who ran after the law of righteousness, hath not found the law of righteousness.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation in the handwriting of myself, Paul.
Galatians 2:3Also Titus, who was with me, and was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 5:6For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.
1 Thessalonians 2:18And we purposed to come to you, I Paul, once 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 →