Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Galatians 5:2 - New Revised Standard Version Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you [for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him]. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. Common English Bible Look, I, Paul, am telling you that if you have yourselves circumcised, having Christ won’t help you. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you have been circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. |
Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Since we have heard that certain persons who have gone out from us, though with no instructions from us, have said things to disturb you and have unsettled your minds,
But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”
I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—
But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.
yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
For indeed the good news came to us just as to them; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.