Galatians 4:5
that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
In Context
4and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
John 1:12but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name,
Romans 8:19for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;
Romans 9:4who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
Galatians 3:26for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,
Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?
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 →