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Galatians 5:2

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

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ἼδεideBeholdἴδεparticle — “Behold”G2396See! Lo! Behold! Look!.BeholdἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.IΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulλέγωlegōsayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ifπεριτέμνησθεperitemnēstheye be circumcisedπεριτέμνω (peritemnō)verb, present passive subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye be circumcised”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4059I cut around, circumcise.ye be circumcisedΧριστὸςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youοὐδὲνoudennothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingὠφελήσειōphelēseito helpὠφελέω (ōpheleō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to help”, an action still aheadG5623I help, benefit, do good, am useful (to), profit.This verse uses “help”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Behold, I Paul tell you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

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