Galatians 4:5
that He might redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made under the law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 1:12But as many as received Him, to them granted He the privilege to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name;
Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God:
Romans 9:4who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the form of divine worship, and the promises:
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:21Tell me, you that are so desirous to be under the law, do ye not hear 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 →