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Galatians 4:1-9

1NowG1161 I sayG3004, as longG5550 as the heirG2818 is a 1childG3516, he does not differG1308 at allG3761 from a slaveG1401 although he is 2ownerG2962 of everythingG3956, 2but he is underG5259 guardiansG2012 and 3managersG3623 untilG891 the dateG4287 setG4287 by the fatherG3962. 3SoG3779 alsoG2532 we, whileG3753 we were childrenG3516, were heldG1402 4in bondageG1402 underG5259 the 56elementalG4747 thingsG4747 of the worldG2889. 4But whenG3753 7the fullnessG4138 of the timeG5550 cameG2064, GodG2316 sentG1821 forthG1821 His SonG5207, 8bornG1096 of a womanG1135, bornG1096 9underG5259 10the LawG3551, 5soG2443 that He might redeemG1805 thoseG3588 who were underG5259 11the LawG3551, that we might receiveG618 the adoptionG5206 as 12sonsG5206. 6BecauseG3754 you are sonsG5207, 13GodG2316 has sentG1821 forthG1821 the SpiritG4151 of His SonG5207 into our heartsG2588, cryingG2896, “14AbbaG5! FatherG3962!” 7ThereforeG5620 you are noG3765 longerG3765 a slaveG1401, but a sonG5207; and 15ifG1487 a sonG5207, thenG2532 an heirG2818 16throughG1223 GodG2316.

8HoweverG235 at that timeG5119, 17when you did not knowG3609 GodG2316, you were 18slavesG1398 to 19thoseG3588 which by natureG5449 are noG3361 godsG2316. 9But nowG3568 that you have come to knowG1097 GodG2316, orG1161 ratherG3123 to be 20knownG1097 by GodG2316, 21howG4459 is it that you turnG1994 backG1994 againG3825 to the weakG772 and worthlessG4434 2223elementalG4747 thingsG4747, to whichG3739 you desireG2309 to be enslavedG1398 allG509 overG509 againG3825?

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:1 Or minor ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:1 Lit lord ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:2 Or stewards ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:3 Gal 2:4; 4:8f, 24f ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:3 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:3 Gal 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; Heb 5:12 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:4 Mark 1:15 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:4 John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 8:3; Phil 2:7 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:4 Luke 2:21f, 27 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:4 Or law ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:5 Or law ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:5 Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:6 Acts 16:7; Rom 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2 Cor 3:17 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 4:6 Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 4:7 Rom 8:17 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 4:7 I.e. through the gracious act of ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 4:8 1 Cor 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 4:8 Gal 4:3 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 4:8 2 Chr 13:9; Is 37:19; Jer 2:11; 1 Cor 8:4f; 10:20 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩

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