Galatians 5:4 (KJV)

Passage

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Nearby Context

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

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

Galatians 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

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

Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "justified", "grace", "christ", "become", "effect", "whosoever", 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 "For I testify again to every man..." into verse 5's "For we through the Spirit wait for...", 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.