Galatians 4:7
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
World English Bible Classic
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
8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
Galatians 3:26For you are all children of God, through 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 →