But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
Galatians 5:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You who want to be reckoned as righteous by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God's gracious favor and unmerited blessing). American Standard Version (1901) Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace. Common English Bible You people who are trying to be made righteous by the Law have been estranged from Christ. You have fallen away from grace! Catholic Public Domain Version You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace. |
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that, if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
Remember, then, from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.