Galatians 4:5
that he might redeem them which were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Revised Version 1895
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 fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
6And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Galatians 3:26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that 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 →