Galatians 5:2
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Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

I Paul.

1 Corinthians 16:21 The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand.

2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ: who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

1 Thessalonians 2:18 For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.

Philemon 1:9 For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

that.

Galatians 5:4,6 You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace. . . .

Galatians 2:3-5 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised. . . .

Acts 15:1,24 And some, coming down from Judea, taught the brethren: That, except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved. . . .

Acts 16:3,4 Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile. . . .

Romans 9:31,32 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice. . . .

Romans 10:2,3 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. . . .

Hebrews 4:2 For unto us also it hath been declared in like manner as unto them. But the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith of those things they heard.

Context
Freedom in Christ
1Stand fast and be not held again under the yoke of bondage. 2Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself that he is a debtor to do the whole law.…
Cross References
Acts 15:1
And some, coming down from Judea, taught the brethren: That, except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.

Acts 15:5
But there arose of the sect of the Pharisees some that believed, saying: They must be circumcised and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.

2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ: who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

Galatians 5:3
And I testify again to every man circumcising himself that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.

Philemon 1:19
I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee that thou owest me thy own self also.

Lexicon
Take notice:
Ἴδε (Ide)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

I,
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Paul,
Παῦλος (Paulos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.

tell
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

if
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

you let yourselves be circumcised,
περιτέμνησθε (peritemnēsthe)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4059: To cut around, circumcise. From peri and the base of tomoteros; to cut around, i.e. to circumcise.

Christ
Χριστὸς (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

will be of no value
ὠφελήσει (ōphelēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5623: To help, benefit, do good, be useful (to), profit. From the same as opheleia; to be useful, i.e. To benefit.

to you {at all}.
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


Additional Translations
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

Behold, I Paul say to you that if you shall become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;
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