Galatians 4:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gal 3:29-4:2 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 1 Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all; 2 But is under guardians and managers until the time appointed by the father.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'
  • Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 17 And 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therefore let no one boast 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 you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-18 : 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
  • Gal 4:31-5:1 : 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free. 1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: You maintain my lot.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all 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, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and 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 forever, for the good of them, and their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 41 Yes, 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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  • Gal 4:5-6
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    5To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

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

  • Gal 4:1-2
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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.

  • Gal 3:25-26
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    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.

  • Gal 3:28-29
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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • 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.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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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.

  • John 8:35-36
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    35And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • 16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

  • Gal 4:8-9
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    8However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

    9But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

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    21Were you called while a servant? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

    22For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.

    23You were bought at a price; do not become servants of men.

  • 18And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

  • 22But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  • 1Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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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.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • 9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

  • Heb 12:7-8
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    7If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

    8But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

  • 23And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 18And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

  • 7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • 15For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

  • 7That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • 30But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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

  • 20For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

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

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

    23But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was through promise.

  • 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.

  • 14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law but under grace.

  • 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.

  • 16Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

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

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

  • 5For to which of the angels did He at any time say, You are My Son, this day have I begotten You? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?

  • 19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;