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.
• 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!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

Context of Galatians 4:6

4But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. 8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

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, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
• John 7:39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
• John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
• Romans 5:5And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
• Romans 8:15The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:22set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
• Ephesians 1:13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
• Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• John 3:34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• John 15:26“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
• John 16:7But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I 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 realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
• Philippians 1:19for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.
• 1 Peter 1:11trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
• Revelation 19:10At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”

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