Galatians 4:5
in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 time was fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born subject to Law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."
John 1:12But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;
Romans 8:19For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans 9:4To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises.
Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;
Galatians 4:21Tell me--you who want to continue to be subject to Law--will you not listen to 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 →