Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the free woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
John 5:46If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
John 12:34The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ will stay forever. How can you 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 speaks to the ones who are under the law. This is in order that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world held accountable to God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
Romans 10:3For they do not know of God's righteousness, and they seek to establish their own righteousness. They did not submit to the righteousness of God.
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 →