Galatians 5:3 (WEB)
Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Catechism · 2
The Moral Law
The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and…
Jesus and Israel
“This is why every year on the Day of Atonement the children of Israel ask God's forgiveness for their transgressions of the Law. the Law indeed makes up one inseparable whole, and St. James recalls, "Whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it."” — Catechism footnote: Jas 2:10; cf. Gal 3:10; 5:3.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Damascene
“For he who is circumcised is a debtor to do the whole law.” — editor's note: Gal. v. 3.
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Tertullian
“He circumcised Timotheus alone, and yet did away with circumcision.” — editor's note: Comp. Acts xvi. 1–3 with Gal. v. 2–6, and similar passages.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“They attend to this one commandment, and do not look unto what has been spoken by the apostle: “For I testify to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.”” — editor's note: Gal. v. 3.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.25.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.25.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.25.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.25.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.