Galatians 5:4
Christ is become nothing to you, whosoever of you are seeking to be justified by the law: ye are fallen from the grace of the gospel.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3And I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to the whole law.
5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Cross References
Romans 4:4Now to him that worketh the reward is not reckoned as a favor, but as a debt:
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.
Galatians 1:6I wonder that ye are so soon removed from him who called you by the grace of Christ to another gospel: which is not another;
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Hebrews 10:38and the just shall live by faith, but if any draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:20For if, after they had escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and vanquished by them, their last state is worse than the first;
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 →