Galatians 5:4 (GNV)

Passage

Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:2 Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if yee be circumcised, Christ shall profite you nothing.

Galatians 5:3 For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.

Galatians 5:4 Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.

Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

Galatians 5:6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "abolished", "christ", "whosoeuer", "iustified", 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 testifie againe to euery man..." into verse 5's "For we through the Spirit waite for...", so "grace" and "abolished" 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 "grace" and "abolished" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.