Galatians 4:6

Galatians 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
• New International Version (NIV)Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Context of Galatians 4:6

4But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!” 7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God. 8Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

Galatians 4:6 word by word

ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον· αββα ὁ πατήρ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ye areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath sent forthἐξαποστέλλωexapostellō · to send out/awayG1821
• the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• of hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• cryingκράζωkrazō · to cryG2896
• AbbaἀββάAbba · AbbaG5
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for Galatians 4:6

• Luke 11:13If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
• John 7:39(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
• John 14:16Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever –
• Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
• Romans 8:15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
• Ephesians 1:13And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ – you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
• Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• John 3:34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
• John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he will testify about me,
• John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
• Romans 8:9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
• Philippians 1:19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 1:11They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.
• Revelation 19:10So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Commentaries on Galatians 4:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And because ye are sons - By faith in Christ Jesus, being redeemed both from the bondage and curse of the law; God - the Father, called generally the first person of the glorious Trinity, hath sent forth the Spirit - the Holy Ghost, the second person of that Trinity, of his Son - Jesus Christ, the third person of the Trinity - crying, Abba, Father! from the fullest and most satisfactory evidence that God, the Father, Son, and Spirit, had become their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And because ye are sons - As a consequence of your being adopted into the family of God, and being regarded as his sons. It follows as a part of his purpose of adoption that his children shall have the spirit of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit of his Son - The spirit of the Lord Jesus; the spirit which animated him, or which he evinced. The idea is, that as the Lord Jesus was enabled to approach God with the language of endearment and love, so they would be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Holy Spirit works in our hearts to give us confidence that we are God's children (see Romans 8:16; Ephesians 1:13–14). Those with the Spirit of God's Son can call God "Father," just like Jesus did (Mark 14:36; compare Matthew 6:9).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 4:6

• Abba
• Adoption
• Communion
• God
• Heir
• Holy Spirit
• Righteousness
• Trinity

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abba
• Doubt
• Flesh
• Observe
• Son of God
• Zealously
• Adoption
• Children of God

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