Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you wish to be under law, do you not hear the law?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20but I wish to come unto you now, and change my voice; because I am at a loss in reference to you.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one by a bond-maid and one by a freewoman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29and Jesus responding said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46For if you were believing Moses, you were believing me; for he wrote concerning me.
John 12:34Then the multitude responded to Him; We have heard from the law that Christ abideth forever; and how do You say, That it behooveth the Son of man to be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:19But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans 10:3for being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:20-21
Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. That the apostle might the better dispose these Christians to bear with him in the reproofs which he was obliged to give them, he here expresses his great affection to them, and the very tender concern he had for their welfare: he was not like them—one thing when among them and another when absent… Read the whole commentary →