Galatians 4:7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
King James Version
In Context
8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Lamentations 3:24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by 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 →