Galatians 4:5
that he might buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
In Context
4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of becoming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;
Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
Galatians 3:26for you are all the sons of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
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 →