Galatians 5:4 (ASV)

Passage

Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Galatians 5:3 Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "justified", "grace", "severed", "christ", "fallen", and "away". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Yea I testify again to every man..." into verse 5's "For we through the Spirit by faith...", so "justified" and "grace" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "justified" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.