Galatians 4:7
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
Bible in Basic English
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 at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Lamentations 3:24I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
Galatians 3:26Because you 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 →