Galatians 4:5
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Majority Standard Bible
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 time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Romans 8:19The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
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 →