11 translations · Greek
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
- KJV King James Version
- For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| οὔτε | oute | neither | G3777 οὔτε neither |
| περιτομή | peritomē | circumcision | G4061 περιτομή circumcision |
| τι | ti | — | G5100 τις one |
| ἰσχύει | ischyei | has any value | G2480 ἰσχύω be strong |
| οὔτε | oute | nor | G3777 οὔτε neither |
| ἀκροβυστία | akrobystia | uncircumcision | G203 ἀκροβυστία uncircumcision |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | What matters is | G235 ἀλλά but |
| πίστις | pistis | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| δι’ | di’ | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| ἀγάπης | agapēs | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| ἐνεργουμένη | energoumenē | expressing itself | G1754 ἐνεργέω be active |
Related verses
- Galatians 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
- 1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3
remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- James 2:14–26
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it? …
- 2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
- Matthew 25:31–40
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. …
- 1 John 3:14–20
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. …
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 3:11
where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- 1 Peter 1:8
whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—
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In context
4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
Read all of Galatians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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