Galatians 4:7
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir of God through Christ.
Majority Standard Bible
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
8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through 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 →