Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
Here is what I am saying to you: If you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do you no good.
New American Standard Bible
Behold I,
King James Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Holman Bible
Take note! I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.
International Standard Version
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.
American Standard Version
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Amplified
Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision [as a supposed requirement of salvation], Christ will be of no benefit to you [for you will lack the faith in Christ that is necessary for salvation].
An Understandable Version
Look, I Paul am telling you that, if you revert to [the practice of] circumcision [i.e., the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses], then Christ's [sacrifice] will be of no value to you.
Anderson New Testament
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Bible in Basic English
See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
Common New Testament
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
take notice, 'tis I Paul declare it to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall be of no advantage to you.
Darby Translation
Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Godbey New Testament
Behold I Paul say unto you, that, if you may be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Goodspeed New Testament
Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you.
John Wesley New Testament
Behold, I Paul say unto you, If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
King James 2000
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing!
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I, Paul, say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing at all.
Moffatt New Testament
Here, listen to Paul! I tell you, if you get circumcised, Christ will be no use to you.
Montgomery New Testament
Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you.
NET Bible
Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Noyes New Testament
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
Sawyer New Testament
Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you are circumcised Christ will not profit you.
The Emphasized Bible
See! I, Paul, say unto you - if ye be getting circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Behold, I Paul declare to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.
Webster
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Weymouth New Testament
Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing.
World English Bible
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Worrell New Testament
Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that, if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Worsley New Testament
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Youngs Literal Translation
lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Live In Freedom And Love One Another
1 This is the freedom with which Christ has made us free. So keep on standing in it, and stop letting your necks be fastened in the yoke of slavery again. 2 Here is what I am saying to you: If you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do you no good. 3 I again insist that if any man lets himself be circumcised, he is under obligation to obey the whole law.
Cross References
Acts 15:1
Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the custom that Moses handed down, you cannot be saved."
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I appeal to you in person, by the gentleness and fairness of Christ, I, Paul, who am so "condescending when face to face with you, but so courageous toward you when far away!"
Galatians 5:6
For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.
Acts 15:24
As we have heard that some of our number have disturbed you by their teaching, by continuing to unsettle your minds,
Acts 16:3-4
Paul wanted this man to join him in his journey; so on account of the Jews in that district he took him and had him circumcised, for everybody knew that his father was a Greek.
Romans 9:31-32
while Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law that would bring right standing, did not attain to it.
Romans 10:2-3
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.
Galatians 2:3-5
But they did not even try to compel my companion, Titus, although he was a Greek, to be circumcised --
Galatians 5:3-4
I again insist that if any man lets himself be circumcised, he is under obligation to obey the whole law.
Galatians 5:11
As for me, myself, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In such a case the hindrance done by the cross has presumably ceased!
1 Thessalonians 2:18
Because we did want to come to see you; I mean, that I myself, Paul, wanted again and again to come, but Satan prevented it.
Hebrews 4:2
For we have had the good news told to us as well as they, but the message heard did them no good, because they were not by faith made one with those who heeded it.
1 Corinthians 16:21
The final greeting is mine -- Paul's -- with my own hand.