Galatians 4:5
To redeem those who were under the law, that we might be adopted as sons.
Revised King James New Testament
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 time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become the children of God, even to those who believe in his name:
Romans 8:19For the creation waits in earnest expectation for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4They are the Israelites; to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the temple worship, and the promises;
Galatians 3:26For you are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you 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 →