Galatians 4:1-7
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
God Sent His Son To Redeem Us So We All Could Be Adopted As Sons And Heirs
4 Now I say— for as much time as the heir is a child[a], he is no different from a slave. Being the [future] owner of all, 2 nevertheless[b] he is under guardians and stewards[c] until the pre-appointed day of the father. 3 In this manner also we, when we were children, were[d] enslaved under the elemental[e] things of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent-forth His Son— having come[f] from a woman, having come under the Law 5 in order that He might redeem the ones under the Law, in order that we [all] might receive the adoption. 6 And because[g] you are sons, God sent-forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying-out, “Abba! Father!” 7 So then you are no longer a slave, but a son— and if a son, also an heir through God!
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- Galatians 4:1 That is, a minor.
- Galatians 4:2 slave... nevertheless he is. Or, slave, [though] being the [future] owner of all. But he is.
- Galatians 4:2 Or, household managers.
- Galatians 4:3 Or, had been.
- Galatians 4:3 That is, the elementary knowledge of God available in the world before Christ came. Or, the elemental spiritual beings or angels associated with religions. Same in v 9.
- Galatians 4:4 Or, ‘having come-into-being’ as a human, and in this sense, ‘having been born’.
- Galatians 4:6 Or, And that; meaning, ‘And as proof that’.
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