Galatians 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

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  • Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Rom 8:19 : 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
  • Gal 4:7 : 7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Col 1:13-20 : 13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: 16 For by him all things were created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell; 20 And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether things on earth, or things in heaven.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Heb 9:12 : 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-20 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Rev 14:3 : 3 And they sang a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

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    1Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

    2But is under guardians and managers until the time appointed by the father.

    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:

    4But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'

    7Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • Rom 8:14-17
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

    15For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

    17And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

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    5Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

    7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;

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    22But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed.

    24Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    25But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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    30Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.'

    31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

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    13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'

    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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    4Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;

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    14In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:

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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 could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.

    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

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    24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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    23And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

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    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

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

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    4Christ has become of no effect to you, whoever among you are justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.

    5For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

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    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

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    12But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:

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    4Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you may be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

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    1Therefore, being justified by faith, we have 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 heirs according to the promise.

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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.