Galatians 4:7
So that thou art no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, also an heir through God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
6And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
8But at that time indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which are not in their nature gods.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
Galatians 3:26For ye are all sons of God 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 →