Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
World English Bible British
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 present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
John 12:34The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves 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 →