Galatians 4:7
You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God’s appointment.
Open English Bible (US)
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
8Yet formerly, in your ignorance of God, you became slaves to ‘gods’ which were no gods.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after your throughout their generations, an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your descendants after you.
Psalms 73:26Though flesh and heart waste away, yet God is the rock of my heart, yet God is my portion forever.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no one boast about people; for all things are yours –
Galatians 3:26For you are all sons of God, through your 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 →