Galatians 4:5
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- KJV
- To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- WEB
- that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
- ASV
- that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- DARBY
- that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.
- BLB
- that He might redeem those under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
- ÅB
- for at han skulle kjøpe dem fri som var under loven, for at vi skulle få barnekår.
- OTB
- for å kjøpe fri dem som var under loven, så vi kunne få barnekår.
- B1930
- forat han skulde kjøpe dem fri som var under loven, forat vi skulde få barnekår.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Read in contextEphesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–20
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Read in contextEphesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Read in contextGalatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Read in contextHebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Read in contextRevelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Read in contextGalatians 4:7
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
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