Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
Revised King James 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
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman, the other by a free woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answered them, You err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
John 12:34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever: and how is it that you say, 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 says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin, which were aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bring forth fruit for death.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted 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 →