Sign in
Galatians 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Galatians 5:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Galatians 5:313 words
GreekMeaning
μαρτύρομαιmartyromai
I testifyverbG3143
δὲde
nowwordG1161
πάλινpalin
againadverbG3825
παντὶpanti
to everyadjectiveG3956
ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpō
mannounG444
περιτεμνομένῳperitemnomenō
being circumcisedverbG4059
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ὀφειλέτηςopheiletēs
a debtornounG3781
ἐστὶνestin
he isverbG1510
ὅλονholon
alladjectiveG3650
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
νόμονnomon
LawnounG3551
ποιῆσαιpoiēsai
to keepverbG4160
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Galatians 5:3

“Yea, I testify again to every man that receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole Law.” That you may not suppose that this is spoken from ill-will , I say not to you alone, he says, but to every one who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole Law. The parts of the Law are linked one to the other. As he who from being free has enrolled himself as a slave, no longer does what he pleases, but is bound by all the laws of slavery, so in the case…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Commentary on Galatians, Chapter 5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
AM
Aisha MbekiNote3mo ago
Finding rest in God - Galatians 5
Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. God is faithful in every circumstance. I think this is a call to trust bey...
1