Galatians 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. ”

Galatians 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 b...
Galatians 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 fo...
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 .
Galatians 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Galatians 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Thou art no more a servant - Thou who hast believed in Christ art no longer a slave, either under th...
Galatians 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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,...
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Galatians 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 "
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 li...
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 t...
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 bondag...
Galatians 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 ; Galatians 3:26 ; Galatians 3:29 ; Galatians 4:1 ; Galatians 4:2 ; Galatians 4:31 ; Galatians 4:5 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Galatians 5:1 ; Genesis 1...
Galatians 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Turning unto Law-Works Galatians 4:1-22 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 salvatio...
Galatians 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 — suffi...

Galatians 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes