Galatians 4:5

To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe, that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren.

Bible (Bishops')

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 fulnesse of the tyme was come, God sent his sonne, made of a woman, and made vnder the lawe,

6Because ye are sonnes, God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes, crying, Abba, father.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

Romans 8:19For the feruent desire of the creature, abydeth lokyng whe the sonnes of God shall appeare: {{verse|8|20}Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not wyllyng, but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope.

Romans 9:4Which are the Israelites: To whom pertayneth the adoption, and the glory, & the couenauntes, and the lawe that was geuen, and the seruice of God, and the promises.

Galatians 3:26For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu.

Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the lawe, do ye not heare the lawe?

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 →

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