Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who want to be still subject to Law – Why don’t you listen to the Law?
Open English Bible (UK)
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 with you now and speak in a different tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29‘Your mistake,’ replied Jesus, ‘is due to your ignorance of the scriptures, and of the power of God.
John 5:46For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
John 12:34‘We have learned from the Law,’ replied the people, ‘that the Christ is to remain forever. So how can you say that “the Son of Man must be lifted up”? Who is this “Son of Man”?’
Romans 3:19Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and to bring the whole world under God’s judgment.
Romans 7:5When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for death.
Romans 10:3for, in their ignorance of the divine righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the divine righteousness.
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 →