Galatians 4:7
So that thou art no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
1770 John Worsley NT
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
8But then indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which in reality are no gods.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no one glory in men: for all things are yours;
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by 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 →