Galatians 5:2,6,11
Galatians 5:2-3 The Message (MSG)
I am emphatic about this. The moment any one of you submits to circumcision or any other rule-keeping system, at that same moment Christ’s hard-won gift of freedom is squandered. I repeat my warning: The person who accepts the ways of circumcision trades all the advantages of the free life in Christ for the obligations of the slave life of the law.
Galatians 5:4-6 The Message (MSG)
I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love.
Galatians 5:11-12 The Message (MSG)
As for the rumor that I continue to preach the ways of circumcision (as I did in those pre-Damascus Road days), that is absurd. Why would I still be persecuted, then? If I were preaching that old message, no one would be offended if I mentioned the Cross now and then—it would be so watered-down it wouldn’t matter one way or the other. Why don’t these agitators, obsessive as they are about circumcision, go all the way and castrate themselves!
Galatians 5:2 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians 5:6 King James Version (KJV)
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians 5:11 King James Version (KJV)
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Galatians 5:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Galatians 5:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.
Galatians 5:2 New Century Version (NCV)
Listen, I Paul tell you that if you go back to the law by being circumcised, Christ does you no good.
Galatians 5:6 New Century Version (NCV)
When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
Galatians 5:11 New Century Version (NCV)
My brothers and sisters, I do not teach that a man must be circumcised. If I teach circumcision, why am I still being attacked? If I still taught circumcision, my preaching about the cross would not be a problem.
Galatians 5:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Galatians 5:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.
Galatians 5:2 New International Version (NIV)
Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Galatians 5:6 New International Version (NIV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:11 New International Version (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Galatians 5:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
Galatians 5:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
Galatians 5:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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].
Galatians 5:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love.
Galatians 5:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But as for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished.
Galatians 5:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Galatians 5:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Galatians 5:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised—as some say I do—why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended.
Galatians 5:2 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I, Paul, tell you: If you think there is benefit in circumcision and Jewish regulations, then you’re acting as though Christ is not enough.
Galatians 5:6 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When you’re joined to the Anointed One, circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that matters now is living in the faith that works and expresses itself through love.
Galatians 5:11 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Dear friends, why do you think the religious system persecutes me? Is it because I preach the message of being circumcised and keeping all the laws of Judaism? Not at all! Is there no longer any offense over the cross?
Galatians 5:2 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.