Galatians 4:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gal 3:29-4:2 : 29 And 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. 1 But 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; 2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
  • Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: 17 And 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours; 22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-18 : 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, 18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
  • Gal 4:31-5:1 : 31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman. 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • Jer 32:38-41 : 38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them: 40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me. 41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

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  • Gal 4:5-6
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    5That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

    6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

  • Gal 4:1-2
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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.

  • Gal 3:25-26
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    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.

  • Gal 3:28-29
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    28There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

    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.

  • Rom 8:14-17
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    78%

    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.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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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.

  • John 8:35-36
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    35Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

    36If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • Gal 4:8-9
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    8But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

    9But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

    22For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

    23It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

  • Rom 6:18
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    18And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

  • Gal 5:1
    73%

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

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

  • Heb 12:7-8
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    7It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

    8But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

  • Gal 3:7
    72%

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • 1 Cor 4:15
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    15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

  • Titus 3:7
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    7So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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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:

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

  • Rom 6:20
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    20When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

  • Gal 5:4
    71%

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

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

    23Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

  • Rom 7:6
    70%

    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.

  • Rom 6:14
    70%

    14For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.

  • 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.

  • Rom 6:16
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    16Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

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

  • Gal 3:14
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    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.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

  • Eph 2:19
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    19So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,