Galatians 5:3
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.
2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
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.
5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
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
- Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- KJV
- For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- WEB
- Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- ASV
- Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- DARBY
- And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
- BLB
- Now I testify again to every man becoming circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- ÅB
- Igjen vitner jeg for hvert menneske som lar seg omskjære, at han er skyldig å holde hele loven.
- OTB
- Og jeg gjentar til hver mann som lar seg omskjære at han er forpliktet til å holde hele loven.
- B1930
- Atter vidner jeg for hvert menneske som lar sig omskjære, at han er skyldig å holde hele loven.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Read in contextRomans 2:25
Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Read in contextJames 2:10–11
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:26
‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:21
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:19
If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Read in contextEphesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Read in contextMatthew 23:18
And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
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