Galatians 4:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 In this manner also we, when we were children, were[a] enslaved under the elemental[b] things of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent-forth His Son— having come[c] from a woman, having come under the Law 5 in order that He might redeem the ones under the Law, in order that we [all] might receive the adoption.
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- Galatians 4:3 Or, had been.
- Galatians 4:3 That is, the elementary knowledge of God available in the world before Christ came. Or, the elemental spiritual beings or angels associated with religions. Same in v 9.
- Galatians 4:4 Or, ‘having come-into-being’ as a human, and in this sense, ‘having been born’.
Galatians 4:3-5
New International Version
3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(A) under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world.(B) 4 But when the set time had fully come,(C) God sent his Son,(D) born of a woman,(E) born under the law,(F) 5 to redeem(G) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(H) to sonship.[b](I)
Footnotes
- Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles
- Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
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