Galatians 4:21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Webster Bible
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 voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 5:46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote concerning me.
John 12:34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death:
Romans 10:3For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, 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 →