Galatians 4:7

So each one of you is no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir, too, through God’s grace.

Montgomery New Testament

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

6And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!"

8But once, when you Gentiles had no knowledge of God, you were slaves to gods which have no real being.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;

Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.

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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