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Galatians 4:7

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

In Context

6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!"

8But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no one boast about his human teachers.

Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

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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