Galatians 5:2

Galatians 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
• New International Version (NIV)Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Context of Galatians 5:2

1It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3And I testify again to every man who has himself circumcised, that he is obligated to keep the whole Law. 4You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:2 word by word

Ἴδε ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε, Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει·Read the interlinear

• Lookἴδεide · look!G2396
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• you that ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• you haveπεριτέμνωperitemnō · to circumciseG4059
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• will be of noοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• benefitὠφελέωōpheleō · to helpG5623

Cross-references for Galatians 5:2

• 1 Corinthians 16:21The greeting is in my own hand--that of Paul.
• 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and Satan hindered us.
• Philemon 1:9yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you--since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--
• Galatians 5:4You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.
• Galatians 2:3But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
• Acts 15:1Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
• Acts 16:3Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
• Romans 9:31however, Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
• Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
• Hebrews 4:2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united with those who listened with faith.

Commentaries on Galatians 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2If ye be circumcised - By circumcision you take on you the whole obligation of the Jewish law, and consequently profess to seek salvation by means of its observances; and therefore Christ can profit you nothing; for, by seeking justification by the works of the law, you renounce justification by faith in Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Behold, I Paul say unto you - I, who at first preached the gospel to you; I, too, who have been circumcised, and who was formerly a strenuous assertor of the necessity of observing the laws of Moses; and I, too, who am charged (see Galatians 5:11) with still preaching the necessity of circumcision, now solemnly say to you, that if you are circumcised with a view to being justified by that in whole or in part, it amounts to a rejection of the doctrine of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Paul reminded the Galatians who it was that was speaking to them. He was the apostle of Jesus Christ who represented the Lord to non-Jewish people and first preached the good news to them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Behold--that is, Mark what I say. I Paul--Though you now think less of my authority, I nevertheless give my name and personal authority as enough by itself to refute all opposition of adversaries. if ye be circumcised--not as Alford, "If you will go on being circumcised." Rather, "If ye suffer yourselves to be circumcised," namely, under the notion of its being necessary to justification (Ga 5:4; Ac 15:1). Circumcision here is not regarded simply by…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 5:2

• Circumcision
• Works

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Commentaries on Galatians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings