Galatians 5:3

Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting circumcised,—that he is, a debtor, to do, the whole law.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2See! I, Paul, say unto you—if ye be getting circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing.

4Ye have been set aside from Christ, ye who, by law, are to be declared righteous,—out of his favour, ye have fallen;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed, be he that establisheth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say—Amen.

Nehemiah 9:29and didst testify against them, to bring them back unto thy law, yet, they, dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and, against thy regulations, they sinned, the which—if any son of earth shall do—then shall he live by them,—and yielded a rebellious shoulder, and, their neck, they stiffened, and hearkened not.

Matthew 23:16Alas for you, blind guides! that say—Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound:

Luke 16:28for I have five brethren;—that he may solemnly testify unto them, lest, they also, come into this place of torment.

Acts 20:21bearing full witness, both to Jews and to Greeks, as to the repentance due unto God, and as to belief on our Lord Jesus.

Galatians 3:10For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse,—for it is written—Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are 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 →

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