Galatians 5:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Romans 2:25
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
James 2:10-11
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. …
Deuteronomy 27:26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 8:19
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

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. He had been arguing against them before, and had largely shown how contrary the principles and spirit of those teachers were to the spirit of the gospel; and now this is as it were the general inference or application of all…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. For--Greek, “Yea, more”; “Moreover.” I testify ... to every man--as well as “unto you” (Ga 5:2). that is circumcised--that submits to be circumcised. Such a one became a “proselyte of righteousness.” the whole law--impossible for man to keep even in part, much less wholly (Jas 2:10); yet none can be justified by the law, unless he keep it wholly (Ga 3:10).