Galatians 5:3
Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Revised Version 1895
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
2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
4Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Nehemiah 9:29and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
Luke 16:28for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Acts 20:21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one which 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 →