Galatians 4:6
And to show that ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5to redeem those under the Law, that we might be adopted as sons.
7So then thou art no longer a bond-servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:4Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, Thou art my father, Yea, the friend of my youth art thou?
Matthew 6:6But do thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
Luke 11:13If ye then, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
John 7:39But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 15:26When the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he will bear witness of me.
Acts 16:7they came to Mysia, and were attempting to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.
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 →