You who are trying to be declared righteous ¹  by the law have been alienated ²  from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

biblegateway Gal 5:4

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace!

You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.

biblegateway Gal 5:4

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

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

bibleoremus Gal 5:4

You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

When you seek to be justified by way of law, you are cut off from Christ: you have put yourselves outside God's grace.

biblegateway Gal 5:4

You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

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

biblegateway Gal 5:4

You who are trying to be declared righteous ¹  by the law have been alienated ²  from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

¹ tn Or “trying to be justified.” The verb δικαιοῦσθε (dikaiousqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).

² tn Or “estranged”; BDAG 526 s.v. καταργέω 4 states, “Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.”