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Text -- Galatians 3:23--4:7 (NET)
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Sons of God Are Heirs of Promise
3:23 Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law , being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed .
3:24 Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ , so that we could be declared righteous by faith .
3:25 But now that faith has come , we are no longer under a guardian .
3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith .
3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ .
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek , there is neither slave nor free , there is neither male nor female – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus .
3:29 And if you belong to Christ , then you are Abraham’s descendants , heirs according to the promise .
4:1 Now I mean that the heir , as long as he is a minor , is no different from a slave , though he is the owner of everything .
4:2 But he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father .
4:3 So also we , when we were minors , were enslaved under the basic forces of the world .
4:4 But when the appropriate time had come , God sent out his Son , born of a woman , born under the law ,
4:5 to redeem those who were under the law , so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights .
4:6 And because you are sons , God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts , who calls “Abba ! Father !”
4:7 So you are no longer a slave but a son , and if you are a son , then you are also an heir through God .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Adoption |
Minister |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Judaism |
Salvation |
Covenant |
Heir |
Works |
Faith |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Tutor |
Jesus, The Christ |
God |
PAULINE THEOLOGY |
Redemption |
SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT) |
CHILDREN OF GOD |
Instruction |
Church |
Justification |
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NET Notes: Gal 3:25 See the note on the word “guardian” in v. 24. The punctuation of vv. 25, 26, and 27 is difficult to represent because of the causal connec...
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NET Notes: Gal 3:29 Grk “seed.” See the note on the first occurrence of the word “descendant” in 3:16.
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NET Notes: Gal 4:2 Grk “the,” but the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
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NET Notes: Gal 4:3 Or “basic principles,” “elemental things,” or “elemental spirits.” Some interpreters take this as a reference to s...
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NET Notes: Gal 4:4 Grk “the fullness of time” (an idiom for the totality of a period of time, with the implication of proper completion; see L&N 67.69).
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NET Notes: Gal 4:5 The Greek term υἱοθεσία (Juioqesia) was originally a legal technical term for adoption as a son with full rig...
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NET Notes: Gal 4:6 The term “Abba” is the Greek transliteration of the Aramaic אַבָּא (’abba’), literally mea...
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