Galatians 5:6
For, in Christ [Jesus], neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5For, we, in Spirit, by faith, for a hope of righteousness, are ardently waiting,—
7Ye were running well:—who hath hindered you, that, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded?
Cross References
Matthew 25:31But, whensoever the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the messengers with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory;
Romans 2:25For, circumcision, indeed, profiteth—if, law, thou be practising; but, if thou be a transgressor of law, thy circumcision, hath become, uncircumcision
1 Corinthians 7:19The circumcision, is, nothing, and, the uncircumcision, is, nothing,—but keeping the commandments of God.
Galatians 3:28There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:
Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;—
1 Thessalonians 1:3Unceasingly, remembering—your work of faith and labour of love and endurance of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:
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 →