Galatians 5:4

2 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.

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.

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
KJV
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
WEB
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
ASV
Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
DARBY
Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
BLB
You⁺ were severed from Christ, whoever are being justified in the law; you⁺ fell away from grace.
ÅB
Dere er skilt fra Kristus, dere som vil rettferdiggjøres ved loven; dere er falt ut av nåden.
OTB
Dere som søker å bli rettferdiggjort ved loven, er skilt fra Kristus; dere har falt fra nåden.
B1930
I er skilt fra Kristus, I som vil rettferdiggjøres ved loven; I er falt ut av nåden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:20–22

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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  • Romans 9:31–32

    but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

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  • Romans 11:6

    And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

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  • Galatians 2:21

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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  • Hebrews 12:15

    See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

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  • Romans 3:20

    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

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  • Romans 4:4–5

    Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

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  • Galatians 5:2

    Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

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