Galatians 4:5

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Summary

Galatians 4:5

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Redeem

That we

General references

Galatians 3:26

Bible References

Redeem

Tell me, you who want to be subject to law, will you not listen to what the law says?

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has come and brought His people deliverance;

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, so as to continue to be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

It is through union with Him that we have redemption by His blood and the forgiveness of our shortcomings, in accordance with the generosity of His unmerited favor

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dearly loved Son,

who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the perfect representation of His being, and continues to uphold the universe by His mighty word. After He had procured man's purification from sins, He took His seat at the right hand of God's majesty,

and not with blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He once for all went into the real sanctuary and secured our eternal redemption.

because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,

For Christ Himself, once for all, died for our sins, the Innocent for the guilty to bring us to God, being put to death in physical form but made alive in the Spirit,

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the book and break its seals, because you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

They were singing a new song before the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders, and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

That we

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.

For all of you are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God,

For all nature is expectantly waiting for the unveiling of the sons of God.

For they are Israelites; to them belong the privileges of sonship, God's glorious presence, the special covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, the promises,

He foreordained us to become His sons by adoption through Christ Jesus, to carry out the happy choice of His will,

General references

For all of you are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.