Galatians 5:6
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.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- KJV
- For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- WEB
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
- ASV
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
- DARBY
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
- BLB
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any power, but faith working through love.
- ÅB
- for i Kristus Jesus gjelder hverken omskjærelse eller forhud noe, men bare tro, virksom ved kjærlighet.
- OTB
- I Kristus Jesus har verken omskjærelse eller ikke-omskjærelse noen betydning. Det som betyr noe, er tro som uttrykker seg gjennom kjærlighet.
- B1930
- for i Kristus Jesus gjelder hverken omskjærelse eller forhud noget, men bare tro, virksom ved kjærlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:3
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read in contextJames 2:14–26
What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
Read in context1 John 3:14–20
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
Read in contextMatthew 25:31–40
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Read in contextGalatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Read in context