<p>5:3 <i>Yes, I testify again to every man that receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law</i>- God uses language differently to how we do because He can read motives. Paul and many other Jewish Christians were circumcised, but Paul is reasoning in the letter to the Galatians that the true Jewish believer was not under an obligation to keep the Law: &ldquo;For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision&rdquo; (Gal. 5:6). Therefore &ldquo;every man that is circumcised&rdquo; in Galatians 5:3 must mean &lsquo;every man who trusts in circumcision or wants to undergo it&rsquo;. Some modern paraphrases support this, but the point is that what God actually said was that &ldquo;every man that is circumcised&hellip; is a debtor to do the whole law&rdquo; (see Greek text). Those words are just not true if taken out of context; we need to appreciate that God is speaking from the perspective of knowing men&rsquo;s motives. Paul doesn't mean that every circumcised man is a debtor to keep all the Law. He means that every man who is circumcised <i>in order to be saved</i> is a debtor to keep all the law.</p>