Galatians 4:7
So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
In Context
8But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says LORD: I will give my laws (LXX/NT) in their inward parts, and I will write them (LXX/NT) in their hearts. And I will be their God, and th
Lamentations 3:24LORD is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours,
Galatians 3:26For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:2-8
The Redemption by Christ. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And… Read the whole commentary →