Galatians 5:2
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
- KJV
- Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
- WEB
- Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
- ASV
- Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
- DARBY
- Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
- BLB
- Behold, I, Paul, say to you⁺ that if you⁺ may become circumcised, Christ will profit you⁺ nothing.
- ÅB
- Se, jeg, Paulus, sier dere at dersom dere lar dere omskjære, så vil Kristus intet gagne dere.
- OTB
- Hør! Jeg, Paulus, sier dere at hvis dere velger å bli omskåret, vil Kristus ikke være til noen nytte for dere.
- B1930
- Se, jeg, Paulus, sier eder at dersom I lar eder omskjære, så vil Kristus intet gagne eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
Read in contextActs 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Read in contextGalatians 2:3–5
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Read in contextRomans 9:31–32
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
Read in contextGalatians 5:11
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Read in contextGalatians 5:3–4
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
Read in contextActs 16:3–4
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Read in contextHebrews 4:2
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
Read in context