Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; one by a bondmaid, and one by a free woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
John 5:46For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
John 12:34The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law, that the Christ remains forever: and how say you that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were excited by the law, were active in our members, so as to bring forth fruit to death:
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own plan of justification, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:20-21
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them—one thing when among them and another when absent… Read the whole commentary →