Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!"
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5to redeem from captivity those under law, in order that we might receive our sonship.
Cross References
Matthew 6:6"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Luke 11:13"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
John 7:39Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 15:26"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;
Acts 16:7When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;
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 →