Galatians 4:7
Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
In Context
8But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
Cross References
Genesis 17:7Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.
Psalms 73:26My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Lamentations 3:24The Lord is my portion, sayth my soule: therefore wil I hope in him.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no man reioyce in men: for all things are yours.
Galatians 3:26For ye are al the sonnes of God by faith, in Christ Iesus.
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 →