Galatians 4:7
Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.
Bible (Bishops')
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
8Notwithstandyng, when ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruice vnto the which by nature are no Gods.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee.
Lamentations 3:24The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym.
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu.
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 →