New American Standard Bible 2020
Galatians 4:1-9
1Now I say, as long as the heir is a 1child, he does not differ at all from a slave, although he is 2owner of everything, 2but he is under guardians and 3managers until the 4date set by the father. 3So we too, when we were children, were held 5in bondage under the 67elementary principles of the world. 4But when 8the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, 9born of a woman, born 10under 11the Law, 5so that He might redeem those who were under 12the Law, that we might receive the adoption as 13sons and daughters. 6Because you are sons, 14God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “15Abba! 16Father!” 7Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and 17if a son, then an heir 18through God.
8However at that time, 19when you did not know God, you were 20slaves to 21those which by nature are not gods. 9But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be 22known by God, 23how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless 2425elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
Notes
- 1. Galatians 4:1 Or minor ↩
- 2. Galatians 4:1 Lit lord ↩
- 3. Galatians 4:2 Or stewards ↩
- 4. Galatians 4:2 I.e., when the child is no longer a minor ↩
- 5. Galatians 4:3 Gal 2:4; 4:8f, 24f ↩
- 6. Galatians 4:3 Or rudimentary teachings ↩
- 7. Galatians 4:3 Gal 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; Heb 5:12 ↩
- 8. Galatians 4:4 Mark 1:15 ↩
- 9. Galatians 4:4 John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 8:3; Phil 2:7 ↩
- 10. Galatians 4:4 Luke 2:21f, 27 ↩
- 11. Galatians 4:4 Or law ↩
- 12. Galatians 4:5 Or law ↩
- 13. Galatians 4:5 Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26 ↩
- 14. Galatians 4:6 Acts 16:7; Rom 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2 Cor 3:17 ↩
- 15. Galatians 4:6 Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15 ↩
- 16. Galatians 4:6 I.e., Paul’s translation of the Aramaic Abba ↩
- 17. Galatians 4:7 Rom 8:17 ↩
- 18. Galatians 4:7 I.e., through the gracious act of ↩
- 19. Galatians 4:8 1 Cor 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8 ↩
- 20. Galatians 4:8 Gal 4:3 ↩
- 21. Galatians 4:8 2 Chr 13:9; Is 37:19; Jer 2:11; 1 Cor 8:4f; 10:20 ↩
- 22. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
- 23. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
- 24. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings ↩
- 25. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩
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
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