Galatians 4:5
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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 →