“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.
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