Galatians 4:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir {G2316} through God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλʼ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος Θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ.

Transliteration

So ouketi ei doulos, but huios; if de huios, also klēronomos Theou dia Christou

Grammar Details

*ouketi*: adverb - no longer
*ei*: present indicative, 2nd person singular - you are
*doulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - slave/servant
*huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
*de*: postpositive particle - and/but
*klēronomos*: nominative, masculine, singular - heir
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*dia*: preposition with genitive - through
*Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

*ouketi*: no longer/no more
*doulos*: slave/servant/bondservant
*huios*: son/child
*klēronomos*: heir/inheritor
*dia*: through/by means of/because of

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Referenced Verses

Gal 3:29-4:2 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise. 1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.
Gal 4:5-6 : 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, Abba, Father.
Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
2 Cor 6:16-18 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Gal 4:31-5:1 : 31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
Lam 3:24 : 24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Ps 16:5 : 5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Jer 32:38-41 : 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

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