Galatians 4:5

Galatians 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
• New International Version (NIV)to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Context of Galatians 4:5

3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world; 4but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law, that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship. 6But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.

Galatians 4:5 word by word

ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.Read the interlinear

• redeemἐξαγοράζωexagorazō · to redeemG1805
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• receiveἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618

Cross-references for Galatians 4:5

• Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
• Galatians 3:13Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed [is] every one hanged upon a tree,)
• Matthew 20:28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Luke 1:68Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,
• Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
• Ephesians 1:7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
• Colossians 1:13who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
• Hebrews 1:3who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
• Hebrews 9:12nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the [holy of] holies, having found an eternal redemption.
• 1 Peter 1:18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
• 1 Peter 3:18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit,
• Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
• Revelation 14:3and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn that song save the hundred [and] forty-four thousand who were bought from the earth.
• Galatians 4:7So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
• Galatians 3:26for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.

Commentaries on Galatians 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5To redeem them - ͅ· To pay down a price for them, and thus buy them off from the necessity of observing circumcision, offering brute sacrifices, performing different ablutions, etc., etc. That we might receive the adoption of sons - Which adoption we could not obtain by the law; for it is the Gospel only that puts us among the children, and gives us a place in the heavenly family. On the nature of adoption see the notes on Romans 8:15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5To redeem them - By his death as an atoning sacrifice; see the note at Galatians 3:13. Them that were under the law - Sinners, who had violated the Law, and who were exposed to its dread penalty. That we might receive the adoption of sons - Be adopted as the sons or the children of God; see John 1:12, note; Romans 8:15, note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5God chose the perfect time in history for Jesus to come (see Luke 4:18–19; Ephesians 4:8–10). Jesus was fully human, born of a woman, and required to follow the law of Moses. Jesus fulfilled the law (see Matthew 3:13–15; 5:17) so that God's children now have freedom and are no longer enslaved by it. to redeem those: By fulfilling the law and taking on its curse, Jesus freed us from its demands (Galatians 3:13; see also Romans 3:24; Colossians 1:13–14)…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-7. The fact of God's sending His Son to redeem us who were under the law (Ga 4:4), and sending the Spirit of His Son into our hearts (Ga 4:6), confirms the conclusion (Ga 3:29) that we are "heirs according to the promise." the heir--(Ga 3:29). It is not, as in earthly inheritances, the death of the father, but our Father's sovereign will simply that makes us heirs. child--Greek, "one under age." differeth nothing, &c.--that is, has no more freedom than…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 4:5

• Adoption
• Atonement
• God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Redemption
• Salvation

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• Covenant
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• Election of Grace
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• Ransom
• Redemption
• Son of God
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Commentaries on Galatians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings