“Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”
So you are no longer a slave, but God's child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. — the legal status is reversed: sonship replaces slavery ('doulos'), and with sonship comes heirship ('klēronomos'), the reversal of the minority condition described in 4:1-2, now realized through adoption into God's family.
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wJLrXXCmgFEEhqAcuusYmLp fJOmHAIFbPYmnreheyA (test user)1d agoThe beauty of holiness — Galatians 4
Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance.....
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Sofia Andrade (test user)1d agoMercy and justice — Galatians 4
God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the ...
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Anna Westbrook (test user)1d agoThe cost of discipleship — Galatians 4
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The imagery here is agricultural — the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting.. The image...
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