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Freedom in Christ

Galatians 5:2

In 9 translations

BSB
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
KJV
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
WEB
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
ASV
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
LSV
Behold! I, Paul, say to you, that if you are [to be] circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
YLT
lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
DBY
Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
DRC
Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
GNV
Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if yee be circumcised, Christ shall profite you nothing.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἴδε ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει.
RP2018
Ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε, χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει.
TR-Boyd
Ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐὰν περιτέμνησθε, Χριστὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ὠφελήσει.
SCR1894
ιδε εγω παυλος λεγω υμιν οτι εαν περιτεμνησθε χριστος υμας ουδεν ωφελησει

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  • Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  • 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.”
  • Romans 9:31–32but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
  • Galatians 2:3–5Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in…
  • 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.
  • Galatians 5:3–4Again 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.
  • Romans 10:2–3For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • 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.
  • Acts 16:3–4Paul 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. As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions…
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:18For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
  • 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.

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