Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:3-7

3SoG3779 alsoG2532 we, whileG3753 we were childrenG3516, were heldG1402 1in bondageG1402 underG5259 the 23elementalG4747 thingsG4747 of the worldG2889. 4But whenG3753 4the fullnessG4138 of the timeG5550 cameG2064, GodG2316 sentG1821 forthG1821 His SonG5207, 5bornG1096 of a womanG1135, bornG1096 6underG5259 7the LawG3551, 5soG2443 that He might redeemG1805 thoseG3588 who were underG5259 8the LawG3551, that we might receiveG618 the adoptionG5206 as 9sonsG5206. 6BecauseG3754 you are sonsG5207, 10GodG2316 has sentG1821 forthG1821 the SpiritG4151 of His SonG5207 into our heartsG2588, cryingG2896, “11AbbaG5! FatherG3962!” 7ThereforeG5620 you are noG3765 longerG3765 a slaveG1401, but a sonG5207; and 12ifG1487 a sonG5207, thenG2532 an heirG2818 13throughG1223 GodG2316.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:3 Gal 2:4; 4:8f, 24f ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:3 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:3 Gal 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; Heb 5:12 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:4 Mark 1:15 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:4 John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 8:3; Phil 2:7 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:4 Luke 2:21f, 27 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:4 Or law ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:5 Or law ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:5 Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:6 Acts 16:7; Rom 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2 Cor 3:17 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:6 Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:7 Rom 8:17 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:7 I.e. through the gracious act of ↩

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