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Freedom in Christ

Galatians 5:4

In 9 translations

BSB
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
KJV
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
WEB
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
ASV
Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
LSV
you were voided from the Christ, you who are declared righteous in law; you fell away from grace;
YLT
ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;
DBY
Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
DRC
You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.
GNV
Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῦ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἀπὸ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπὸ; Robinson–Pierpont add τοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε, τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε.
RP2018
Κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ τοῦ χριστοῦ, οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε· τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε.
TR-Boyd
Κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, οἵτινες ἐν νόμῳ δικαιοῦσθε· τῆς χάριτος ἐξεπέσατε.
SCR1894
κατηργηθητε απο του χριστου οιτινες εν νομω δικαιουσθε της χαριτος εξεπεσατε

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  • 2 Peter 2:20–22If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. It…
  • 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,
  • Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
  • Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
  • Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  • Romans 4:4–5Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Revelation 2:5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
  • Galatians 5:2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
  • Hebrews 6:4–6It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— and…
  • Galatians 1:6–9I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort…
  • Romans 10:3–5Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes. For…
  • Hebrews 10:38–39But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
  • 2 Peter 3:17–18Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our…

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