Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace.
New American Standard Bible
You have been severed from Christ, you who
King James Version
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Holman Bible
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
International Standard Version
Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.
A Conservative Version
Ye were discharged from the Christ, ye who are made righteous by law. Ye have fallen from grace.
American Standard Version
Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
Amplified
You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be
An Understandable Version
Those of you who seek to be right with God by observing the requirements of the law of Moses have severed yourselves from [your relationship with] Christ; you have fallen away from God's unearned favor.
Anderson New Testament
You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.
Bible in Basic English
You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.
Common New Testament
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen away from grace.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Christ is of no use to you, whoever of you seek to be justified by the law; you have lost all interest in the gospel-dispensation.
Darby Translation
Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.
Godbey New Testament
You have been divorced from Christ, whosoever are justified by law: you have fallen from grace.
Goodspeed New Testament
You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.
John Wesley New Testament
Christ is become of no effect to you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye were neglected from Christ, whoever are justified in the law; ye have fallen from grace.
King James 2000
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.
Modern King James verseion
you who are justified by Law are deprived of all effect from Christ; you fell from grace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye are gone quite from Christ as many as are justified by the law, and are fallen from grace.
Moffatt New Testament
You are for justification by the Law? Then you are done with Christ, you have deserted grace,
Montgomery New Testament
If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.
NET Bible
You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
New Heart English Bible
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
Noyes New Testament
Ye are entirely separated from Christ, who seek to obtain righteousness through the Law; ye have fallen away from grace.
Sawyer New Testament
You have departed from Christ, whoever of you are justified by the law, you have fallen from the grace.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye have been set aside from Christ, ye who, by law, are to be declared righteous, - out of his favour, ye have fallen;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye have vacated all expectations from Christ, as many of you as are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You have severed yourselves from Christ--you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.
Webster
Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; ye have fallen from grace.
Williams New Testament
You people, whoever you are among you, who try to get into right standing with God, through law have cut yourselves off from Christ, you have missed the way of God's favor.
World English Bible
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
Worrell New Testament
Ye were separated from Christ, whoever of you are being justified by law; ye fell out of grace;
Worsley New Testament
Christ is become nothing to you, whosoever of you are seeking to be justified by the law: ye are fallen from the grace of the gospel.
Youngs Literal Translation
ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;
Themes
Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel
Circumcision » Trusting to, a denial of Christ
Grace » Justification by, opposed to that by works
Grace » Who is fallen from grace
Justification » Of self, impossible
Justification » Those that are justified by the law
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Is not of faith and works united
Law » Those that are justified by the law
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 5:4
Images Galatians 5:4
Prayers for Galatians 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Live In Freedom And Love One Another
3 I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses. 4 Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace. 5 *We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:15
Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;
Romans 9:31-32
while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Galatians 2:21
I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."
Galatians 5:2
Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing.
Romans 3:20
For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.
Romans 4:4-5
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
Romans 10:3-5
Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.
Romans 11:6
But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
Galatians 1:6-9
I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News.
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:38-39
But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, their last state has become worse than their first.
2 Peter 3:17-18
You, therefore, dear friends, having been warned beforehand, must continually be on your guard so as not to be led astray by the false teaching of immoral men nor fall from your own stedfastness.
Revelation 2:5
Be mindful, therefore, of the height from which you have fallen. Repent at once, and act as you did at first, or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent.