Galatians 4:5

To redeem [ι ν α ε ξ α γ ο ρ α σ η]. See on chapter Galatians 3:13. To redeem from the dominion and curse of the law. The means of redemption is not mentioned. It cannot be merely the birth of Christ of a woman and under the law. These are mentioned only as the preliminary and necessary conditions of his redeeming work. The means or method appears in chapter Galatians 3:13. We might receive [α π ο λ α β ω μ ε ν]. Not receive again or back, as Luke 14:27, for adoption was something which men did not have before Christ; but receive from the giver.

The adoption [τ η ν υ ι ο θ ε σ ι α ν]. P o. See on Romans 8:15, and comp. Romans 9:4; Ephesians 1:5. Not sonship, but sonship conferred.