Galatians 4:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

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  • Eph 1:5 : 5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • John 1:12 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • Rom 8:19 : 19 For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
  • Gal 4:7 : 7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • Col 1:13-20 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love; 14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things; 16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; 17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place. 19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him; 20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
  • Heb 9:12 : 12 And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-20 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction, 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ: 20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
  • Rev 14:3 : 3 And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.

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    1But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

    2But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

    3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

    4But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

    7So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • Rom 8:14-17
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    14And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

    15For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

    17And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

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    5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

    7In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

  • Gal 3:22-26
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    22However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

    23But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

    24So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

    25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.

    26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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    30What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

    31So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

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    13Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

    14So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

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    4Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

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    13Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

    14In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • Rom 8:2-4
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

    3For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

    4So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

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    21Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?

    22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

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    24And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

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    1Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

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    23And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

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    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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    30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

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    6But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

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    4Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

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    18But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

  • Gal 5:4-5
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    4You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

    5For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

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  • 1 John 4:9-10
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    9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

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    12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

  • Rom 7:4
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    4In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

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    1For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

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    16Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.