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

1For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery. Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! 3And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

Galatians 5:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• ye be circumcisedπεριτέμνωperitemnō · to circumciseG4059
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• shall profitὠφελέωōpheleō · to helpG5623
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762

Cross-references for Galatians 5:2

• 1 Corinthians 16:21I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand.
• 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) –
• 1 Thessalonians 2:18For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.
• Philemon 1:9I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –
• Galatians 5:4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
• Galatians 2:3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.
• Acts 15:1Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
• Acts 16:3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.
• Romans 9:31but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.
• Romans 10:2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
• Hebrews 4:2For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in 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