Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who wish to be subject to the Law, why do you not listen to the Law?
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
20How I wish I could be with you now, that I might change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman;
Cross References
Matthew 22:29In answer Jesus said. "You err because you do not know the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46"For if you believed Moses you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
John 12:34Then the people answered. "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abides forever. What do you mean by ‘The Son of man must be lifted up’?Who is this Son of man?"
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
Romans 7:5For while we were unspiritual, the sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were ever active in every part of our bodies, leading us to bear fruit unto death.
Romans 10:3For because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness, and sought to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves 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 →