Galatians 4:2

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

In Context

1Now 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,

3So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.

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Cross References

John 15:7"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.

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 →

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