Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you that are so desirous to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
In Context
22where it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a servant, and one by a free-woman?
Cross References
Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, Ye are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God:
John 5:46For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote concerning me:
John 12:34The people answered Him, We have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Romans 3:19it saith to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world obnoxious to the justice of God.
Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions while we were under the law operated in our bodies so as to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is 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 →