Galatians 4:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, ”

Galatians 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But when the fulness of the time was come - The full time appointed by the Father; the completion (filling up, πλήρωμα plērōma,) of the designated period for the coming of the Messiah; see...
Galatians 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) But when the (c) fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a (d) woman, made under the law, (2) He utters and declares many things at once, that is, that this tutorship was e...
Galatians 4:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 st...
Galatians 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fulness . Greek. pleroma . ' First occurance: Matthew 9:16 . was come . came. God. App-98. sent forth . Greek. exapostello App-174. Son. Greek. huios App-108. made . See John 1:14...
Galatians 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. When the fullness of the time was come. He proceeds with the comparison which he had adduced, and applies to his purpose the expression which has already occurred, “the time appointed by t...
Galatians 4:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2070 THE TIME AND MANNER OF CHRIST’S INCARNATION Galatians 4:4-5 . When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem, them...
Galatians 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, When the fullness of the time was come - The time which God in his infinite wisdom counted best...
Galatians 4:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God sent forth his son,— These verses should be read and understood thus: God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, ( made under the law, to redeem them that are under the law ) that we might rece...
Galatians 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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). G...
Galatians 4:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 m...
Galatians 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 Ga...
Galatians 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 THE HEIR'S COMING OF AGE. Galatians 4:1-7 THE main thesis of the Epistle is now established. Gentile Christians, Paul has shown, are in the true Abrahamic succession of faith. And t...
Galatians 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Live as Sons, not as Bondmen Galatians 4:1-11 The Apostle often uses the word elements or “rudiments,” Galatians 4:3 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Colossians 2:8 ; Colossians 2:20 . High and holy as...
Galatians 4:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 j...
Galatians 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Galatians 4:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST’S MISSION ‘But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption...
Galatians 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when the fulness of time was come ,.... The time agreed and fixed upon between God and his Son from all eternity, in the council and covenant of peace, when the Son of God should assume human na...
Galatians 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Ver. 4. But when the fulness of the time ] This answers to that time appointed of the Fathe...
Galatians 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Galatians 4:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 cont...
Galatians 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Redemption by Christ. A. D. 56. 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, di...
Galatians 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But when the fulness of the time was come; the time, which answered the time appointed of the earthly father, mentioned Galatians 4:2 ; when that time came in which God had designed to bring his...
Galatians 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

If We Are His We Are Now All Full Sons of God ( Galatians 4:1-7 ). 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, chi...
Galatians 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Galatians 4:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:4 Christ Obedient to the Law. I. Christ's obedience to the law was not a matter of course, following upon His incarnation. Scripture everywhere separates the two, making His obedience...
Galatians 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:1-5 . 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 f...
Galatians 4:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 f...
Galatians 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son. Christ’s Advent in the fulness of time The question has often been asked, Why did not Christ come sooner? Why were patriarchs,...
Galatians 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Galatians 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sonship of the Believers Opposed to the Bondage of the Law. The believers sons and heirs through Christ:
Galatians 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:10 ; 1 John 4:14 ; 1 John 4:2 ; 1 John 4:9 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; Acts 1:7 ; Colossians 2:14 ; Daniel 9:24-26 ; Ephesians 1:10 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Genesis 49:10 ; Hebrews 10:5-7 ; Hebr...
Galatians 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Cross and Its Objectives Galatians 3:10-29 ; Galatians 4:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Cross must ever stand forth in the limelight of Bible and spiritual study. Apart from Christ's Calvary...
Galatians 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But when the fulness of the time — Appointed by the Father, Galatians 4:2 . Was come, God sent forth — From his own bosom. His Son, miraculously made of the substance of a woman — A virgin, withou...

Galatians 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Galatians 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes