Galatians 5:4 (DBY)

Passage

Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:2 Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Galatians 5:3 And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

Galatians 5:4 Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:5 For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "justified", "grace", "deprived", "profit", "christ", "separated", and "fallen". 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 "And I witness again to every man..." into verse 5's "For we by the Spirit on the...", 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.