Galatians 5:4

God's Word

Those of you who try to earn God’s approval by obeying his laws have been cut off from Christ. You have fallen out of God’s favor.

Cross References

Romans 11:6

If they were chosen by God’s kindness, they weren’t chosen because of anything they did. Otherwise, God’s kindness wouldn’t be kindness.

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

Galatians 2:21

I don’t reject God’s kindness. If we receive God’s approval by obeying the laws in the Scriptures, then Christ’s death was pointless.

Galatians 5:2

I, Paul, can guarantee that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that everyone has kindness  from God so that bitterness doesn’t take root and grow up to cause trouble that corrupts many of you.

Hebrews 4:1

God’s promise that we may enter his place of rest still stands. We are afraid that some of you think you won’t enter his place of rest.

Revelation 2:5

Remember how far you have fallen. Return to me and change the way you think and act, and do what you did at first. I will come to you and take your lamp stand from its place if you don’t change.