Galatians 5:4,7 - Compare All Versions

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You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.

You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth?

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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.

You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn’t come from the One who called you into the race in the first place. And please don’t toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread. Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect. But the one who is upsetting you, whoever he is, will bear the divine judgment.

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.

You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

You have been severed from Christ, if you seek to be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] through the Law; you have fallen from grace [for you have lost your grasp on God’s unmerited favor and blessing].

You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?

You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?