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GALATIANS 4:7 dia. qeou/ {A}
Of the several variant readings, the unusual and unexpected
expression, klhrono,moj dia. qeou/, which is well supported by early
and diversified witnesses (î46 a* A B C*v...
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Verse 7. _THOU ART NO MORE A SERVANT_] Thou who hast believed in
Christ art no longer a _slave_, either under the _dominion of sin_ or
under _obligation_ to the Mosaic ritual; _but a son_ of God, adop...
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WHEREFORE - In consequence of this privilege of addressing God as your
Father.
THOU ART NO MORE - You who are Christians.
A SERVANT - In the servitude of sin; or treated as a servant by being
bound u...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_
2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4)
3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6)
4. The backslid
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An heir may be either one who is entering on his inheritance or one
who is hereafter to enter on it. In a sense, the Christian inheritance
is always future; heaven lies ahead. And the NT, with its str...
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This is what I mean--so long as the heir is an infant there is no
difference between him and a slave, although he is owner of
everything, but he is under the control of stewards and overseers
until th...
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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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NO MORE. no longer. Greek. _ouketi_,
IF. App-118.
THEN AN HEIR. an heir also.
OF GOD through Christ. The texts read "through God".
THROUGH. Greek. _dia_ App-104.Galatians 4:1....
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The conclusion of the argument is not stated didactically, but made
emphatic by its personal form, passing from -we" to -ye", from -ye" to
-thou".
_no more a servant_ rather NO LONGER in bondage (Gal...
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ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) следовательно. Используется,
чтобы сделать вывод из предыдущего:
"становится очевидно" (Ridderbos).
ΟΎΚΈΤΙ (G3765) больше не.
ΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть,
ΚΛΗΡΟΝΌΜΟΣ (G2...
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AND IF A SON, THEN AN HEIR, &C.— From the Galatians having received
the Spirit, as appears ch. Galatians 3:2. St. Paul argues, that they
are the _Sons of God_ without the law; consequently, _heirs_ of...
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TEXT 4:5-7
(5) that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons. (6) And because ye are sons, God sent
forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying...
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_ VERSE 7. WHEREFORE THOU ART NO MORE A SERVANT, BUT A SON._
VERSE 7. And if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
VERSE 7. Through Christ....
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Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all;
NOW I SAY - a phrase introducing a continued explanatory argument
(Ellicott). God's s...
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1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right
but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though
master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by
st...
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4:7 God. (k-15) God himself has made us heirs....
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THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST
1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have
received the freedom of sons.
PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
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THOU ART] application of the conclusion to the individual. AN HEIR OF
GOD] RV 'an heir through' (the adopting act of) 'God.'
8-11. In the past the Galatians had been idolators, in bondage to gods
tha...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 4
YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES
V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive
the property that his fath...
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This verse ends a long section that Paul started in 3:1. He showed
clearly why the false teachers were wrong. The Christians in Galatia
were no longer slaves. They were part of God’s family. They did...
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Thus, by your redemption, adoption, and the gift of the Spirit, it is
distinctly proved that the old state of servitude and minority is
past. You have entered upon the full privileges of the adult son...
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(1-7) A further description, continued from the last chapter, of the
state of wardship, with its restraints and servitude, compared with
that Christian freedom — the freedom of sons — to which the
Gal...
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CHAPTER 16
THE HEIR'S COMING OF AGE.
Galatians 4:1
THE main thesis of the Epistle is now established. Gentile Christians,
Paul has shown, are in the true Abrahamic succession of faith. And
this devo...
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THERE WERE IN THE GENTILE WORLD ALSO BEFORE CHRIST CHILDREN OF GOD IN
BONDAGE TO HUMAN RULE, THAT KNEW NOT THE UNSEEN FATHER IN HEAVEN WHO
WAS ORDERING THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE LIKE ORPHAN CHILDREN, WHO...
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διὰ Θεοῦ. This language is unusual, and many variations are
found in MSS. and versions, amidst them the Received Text Θεοῦ
διὰ Χριστοῦ, but there can be little question on MS.
evidence that the above...
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LIVE AS SONS, NOT AS BONDMEN
Galatians 4:1
The Apostle often uses the word _elements_ or “rudiments,”
Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:9;...
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He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son...
under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived
thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured
ju...
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Wherefore thou art no more a (h) servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an (i) heir of God through Christ.
(h) The word "servant" is not taken here for one that lives in sin,
which is appropriate for...
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(4) But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his
Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (5) To redeem them that were
under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (6)...
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Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by
the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of
God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
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7._Wherefore thou art no more a servant_. In the Christian Church
slavery no longer exists, but the condition of the children is free.
In what respect the fathers under the law were slaves, we have al...
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The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly)
before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when
Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
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WHEREFORE THOU ART NO MORE A SERVANT,.... This is a benefit resulting
from adoption, and the manifestation of it to the children of God, and
supposes them to have been formerly servants; as whilst in...
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Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an
heir of God through Christ.
Ver. 7. _And if a son, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Rom 8:17 _"_...
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_But when the fulness of time_ Appointed by the Father, (Galatians
4:2,) and marked out by the predictions of the prophets for the
accomplishment of this great event; _was come_ And we were arrived at...
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THE SONSHIP OF THE BELIEVERS OPPOSED TO THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW.
The believers sons and heirs through Christ:...
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WHEREFORE THOU ART NO MORE A SERVANT, BUT A SON; AND IF A SON, THEN AN
HEIR OF GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
The apostle here gives a further explanation as to the purpose of the
Law in the Old Testament, namel...
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HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS
(vs.1-7)
The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian
position in more detail. This position is the result of promise
accomplished, as contrast...
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1-7 The apostle deals plainly with those who urged the law of Moses
together with the gospel of Christ, and endeavoured to bring believers
under its bondage. They could not fully understand the meani...
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THOU that art a believing Gentile, as well as the believing
Israelites, ART NO MORE A SERVANT, not in that state of servile
subjection to the law; BUT A SON; but in a more excellent state of
liberty,...
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So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir through God. [And being made sons by the Son through the
operation of faith (John 1:12), the Spirit of Christ is bestowe...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
See how He has admitted those to be children who are under fear and
sins; but has conferred manhood on those who are under faith, by
calling them sons, in...
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Galatians 4:7 Therefore G5620 are G1488 (G5748) longer G3765 slave
G1401 but G235 son G5207 and G1161 if...
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‘And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, crying “Abba, Father”, so that you are no longer
a bondservant but a son, and if a son then an heir through God.”
H...
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IF WE ARE HIS WE ARE NOW ALL FULL SONS OF GOD (GALATIANS 4:1).
Now he comes to the very heart of the matter, and that is that in
Jesus Christ, all who are His now become full grown, adult, children
o...
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_The State of Adoption contrasted with the State of Slavery under the
Law_.
The Apostle proceeds to give a fuller exposition of the divine sonship
and heirship, ch. Galatians 3:29, and shows that the...
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Galatians 4:7. SO THAT THOU ART NO LONGER A SLAVE, BUT A SON, etc.
Inference from Galatians 4:5-6. The second person individualizes and
Brings it home to each reader. ‘Son,' in opposition to ‘slave,'...
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NO LONGER A BONDSERVANT
(ουκετ δουλος). Slave. He changes to the singular to drive
the point home to each one. The spiritual experience (Galatians 3:2)
has set each one free. Each is now a son and...
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Galatians 4:7
God's Offspring.
I. Men were children before Christ came, ignorant and unable to take
care of themselves. St. Paul told the heathen Athenians that they were
God's children. He put them...
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Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
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CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the
Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law
and grace.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
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Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor,
_differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is
under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
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NO LONGER A SLAVE. [Both the TEV and the NIV follow the corrected
Greek text.] "You who have the Holy Spirit as a pledge or guarantee,
are no longer a slave under The Law and driven to obey through fe...
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_Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son._
SERVITUDE AND SONSHIP
I. Sonship is here contrasted with servitude.
1. It is a change from ignorance to knowledge.
2. A change from bondage to se...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:6 BECAUSE YOU ARE SONS. Because
Christians are now sons, they may receive the inheritance. This begins
with the promised SPIRIT OF HIS SON. ABBA is t
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CHAPTER 4
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews,
like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague,
while Christians, as sons o...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 4:1. THE HEIR, AS LONG AS HE IS A CHILD.—An infant, one
under age. DIFFERETH NOTHING FROM A SERVANT.—A slave. He is not at
his own disposal. He could not pe...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 4:1
NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the
apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or
elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
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Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and
governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
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1 Corinthians 3:21; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Galatians 3:26; Galatians
3:29;...
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Servant [δ ο υ λ ο ς]. Bondservant. See on Matthew 20:26; Mark
9:35; Romans 1:1.
Then an heir [κ α ι κ λ η ρ ο ν ο μ ο ς]. Kai marks the
logical sequence. Comp. Roma
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TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS
Galatians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by
grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by
law...
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Wherefore thou — Who believest in Christ. Art no more a servant —
Like those who are under the law. But a son — Of mature age. And if
a son, then an heir of all the promises, and of the all — sufficie...
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Note here, 1. That the spirit of the first covenant was. servile
spirit,. spirit of fear and bondage, and they that were under that
covenant, were rather servants than sons; not but that true believer...