Galatians 4:21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.
John 12:34The multitude answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:20-21
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them—one thing when among them and another when absent… Read the whole commentary →