Galatians 5:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 5:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 15:1Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
- Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
- Acts 16:3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- Romans 9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
- Galatians 2:3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
- Galatians 5:3Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Galatians 5:11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
- Philemon 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
- Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
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