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Galatians 5:3 KJV
Galatians · chapter 5 · verse 3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.Galatians 5:3 · King James Version
Galatians 5:3 in context
1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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Key words (Strong's)
- circumcisedperitemnōto cut around, to circumcise, cut off one's prepuce , to get one's self circumcised…G4059 →
- testifymartyromaito cite a witness, bring forward a witness, call to witness, to affirm be appeal to God…G3143 →
- debtoropheiletēsone who owes another, a debtor, one held by some obligation, bound by some duty, one who…G3781 →
- wholeholosall, whole, completelyG3650 →
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In the former part of this chapter the apostle cautions the Galatians to take heed of the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to bring them back under the bondage of the law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12