Galatians 5:4 meaning and explanation

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Galatians 5:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes to Gentile believers in Galatia whom teachers were pressing to add circumcision and law-keeping to their standing before God. Here he addresses those actually pursuing that path, trying to be justified, that is, made right with God, by obeying the law.

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