“To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
To redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. — Christ's mission is double: 'exagorazō' (redeem, buyback) those enslaved under the law and secure their 'huiothesia' (adoption, full legal filial status, a Roman-legal term), transforming slaves into sons.
Church Fathers on Galatians 4:5
“But when the fullness of the time came God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, under the Law that he might redeem them which were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” Here he states two objects and effects of the Incarnation, deliverance from evil and supply of good, things which none could compass but Christ. They are these; deliverance from the curse of the Law, and promotion to sonship. Fitly does he say, that we might “receive,” “[be paid,]”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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