Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who wish to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20how I wish that I could be with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you!
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answered them, “You are in error because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
John 12:34The crowd responded to him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever, so how can yoʋ say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions, which were aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit leading to death.
Romans 10:3For they have not submitted to God's righteousness; instead, they ignore the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own 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 →