Galatians 4:7
So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
Darby Translation
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 then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Lamentations 3:24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
1 Corinthians 3:21So that let no one boast in men; for all things are yours.
Galatians 3:26for ye are all God's sons by 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 →