Galatians 4:7
So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
8But, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant,—to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;
Psalms 73:26Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
Jeremiah 31:33For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,—So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.
Lamentations 3:24My portion, is Yahweh, saith my soul, For this cause, will I wait for him.
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours—
Galatians 3:26For ye, all, are, sons of God, through the faith in Christ Jesus;
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 →