Galatians 4:5
so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”
John 1:12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
Romans 8:19For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4These are the Israelites, to whom belongs adoption as sons, and the glory and the testament, and the giving and following of the law, and the promises.
Galatians 3:26For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read 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 →