1. Galates 5:3 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Why would circumcision oblige someone to obey the whole law?

Galates 5:3 (NEG79)

3 Et j'affirme encore une fois à tout homme qui se fait circoncire, qu'il est tenu de pratiquer la loi tout entière.

In Paul’s argument, circumcision represents a desire to be made righteous in God’s sight by your own obedience to the law.1 As a result, those who get circumcised must be ready to keep the whole law perfectly otherwise they stand condemned (Romans 2:25; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10).2 Flawless obedience, however, is impossible for sinful man (Romans 3:10–20).