Galatians 5:4 (YLT)

Passage

ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:2 lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

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

Galatians 5:4 ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

Galatians 5:5 for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "freed", "christ", "declared", "righteous", "fell", 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 "and I testify again to every man..." into verse 5's "for we by the Spirit by faith...", so "grace" and "freed" 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 "freed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.