Galatians 4:5
that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.
Darby Translation
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 fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
Romans 8:19For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
Romans 9:4who are Israelites; whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;
Galatians 3:26for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to 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 →