And if God chose his people by grace, then it is not the things they have done that made them God’s people. If they could be made God’s people by the things they did, then God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift.
Galatians 5:4 - Easy To Read Version If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace (kindness). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And if God chose his people by grace, then it is not the things they have done that made them God’s people. If they could be made God’s people by the things they did, then God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift.
Why? Because no person can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.
This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.
Listen! I am Paul. I tell you that if you \{go back to law\} by being circumcised, {\cf2\super [62]} then Christ is no good for you.
Be careful that no person fails to get God’s grace (kindness). Be careful that no person becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. A person like that can ruin your whole group.
And we still have that promise God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter and have God’s rest. {\cf2\super [22]} So we should be very careful, so that none of you fail to get that promise.
So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do the things you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you. I will take away your lampstand from its place.