The Bible Study – Galatians 4:1-7 “Sons and Heirs”

The Bible Study

with guest

Rev. Nathan Meador of St. John Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

http://archives.kfuo.org/mp3/BS14/BS_Feb_17_2014.mp3
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Galatians 4:1-7

4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.[b] 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[c] Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

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.

Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father