Galatians 4:5
That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
John 1:12But as many as receiued him, to them he gaue prerogatiue to be the sonnes of God, euen to them that beleeue in his Name.
Romans 8:19For the feruent desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shalbe reueiled,
Romans 9:4Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.
Galatians 3:26For ye are al the sonnes of God by faith, in Christ Iesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
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 →