Galatians 4:5

that he might redeem them that were under the law; and that we might receive the adoption of sons.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

In Context

4But when the consummation of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son; and he was from a woman, and was under the law;

6And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, who crieth, Father, our Father.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

John 1:12But such as received him, to them gave he the prerogative to be children of God; even to them that believe on his name;

Romans 8:19For the whole creation is hoping and waiting for the development of the sons of God.

Romans 9:4who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers;

Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God, by faith in Jesus the Messiah.

Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye who desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

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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