Galatians 4:1

Moreover, I-am-saying, upon as-much time the inheritor is-being infant[adjective], being lord of{all}, he-is-carrying-through/surpassing nothing of{[a] slave};

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

In Context

2contrariwise, he-is-being under administrators and house-legislators even-to of{the before-place-ia[i.e. appointment]} of{the father}.

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Cross References

Galatians 4:23Contrariwise, on-one-hand, the out of{the girlie} has-been-begotten according-to flesh; on-the-other-hand, the out of{the emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective]} through of{the message-upon-ia/declaration},

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:1

The apostle, in this chapter, is still carrying on the same general design as in the former—to recover these Christians from the impressions made upon them by the judaizing teachers, and to represent their weakness and folly in suffering themselves to be drawn away from the gospel doctrine of justification, and to be deprived of their freedom from the bondage of the law of Moses. For this purpose he makes use of various considerations; such as, I. The great excellence of the gospel state above the legal, ver. 1-7… Read the whole commentary →

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