Galatians 4:1

Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

In Context

2but he is under the control of guardians and trustees until the time his father has appointed.

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Cross References

Galatians 4:23But we see that the child of the slave-girl was born in the common course of nature; but the child of the free woman in fulfilment of the promise.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:1

The apostle, in this chapter, is still carrying on the same general design as in the former—to recover these Christians from the impressions made upon them by the judaizing teachers, and to represent their weakness and folly in suffering themselves to be drawn away from the gospel doctrine of justification, and to be deprived of their freedom from the bondage of the law of Moses. For this purpose he makes use of various considerations; such as, I. The great excellence of the gospel state above the legal, ver. 1-7… Read the whole commentary →

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