7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: …
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; …
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)In this chapter the apostle deals plainly with those who hearkened to the judaizing teachers, who cried up the law of Moses in competition with the gospel of Christ, and endeavored to bring them under the bondage of it. To convince them of their folly, and to rectify their mistake herein, in these verses he prosecutes the comparison of a child under age, which he had touched upon in the foregoing…
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