Galatians 4:5
That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.
John 1:12But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
Romans 8:19For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4dummy verses inserted by amos
Galatians 3:26For you are all the children of God by faith, in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you that 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 →