Galatians 4:7

So you are no longer a servant but a son; and if a son, truly an heir through God.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

6But because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his own Son into our hearts, crying, Father, Father.

8But you indeed, not knowing God, at that time served those who by nature are not gods:

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one boast among men; for all things are yours;

Galatians 3:26For you are all the sons of God, through 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 →

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