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• Legal status ofGalatians 4:1Galatians 4:2
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The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Galatians 4:1

   What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

   ›Commentary on Galatians 4:12 voices

   “Now - To illustrate by a plain similitude the preeminence of the Christian, over the legal, dispensation. The heir, as long as he is a child - As he is under age.

   “It is not, as in earthly inheritances, the death of the father, but our Father's sovereign will simply that makes us heirs. child--Greek, "one under age." differeth nothing, &c.--that is, has no more freedom than a slave (so the Greek for "servant" means).

   Everything gathered on Galatians 4:1→

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2. Galatians 4:2

   He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

   ›Commentary on Galatians 4:22 voices

   “It is not, as in earthly inheritances, the death of the father, but our Father's sovereign will simply that makes us heirs. child--Greek, "one under age." differeth nothing, &c.--that is, has no more freedom than a slave (so the Greek for "servant" means).

   “(Chapter IV - 1, 2) However, I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the Lord of all, but he is under guardians and managers until the appointed time by the father. This little heir, who is no different from a slave even though he is the Lord of all, is under guardians and managers until the appointed time by the father, represents the whole human race until the coming of Christ, and, to say more, until the end of the world.

   Everything gathered on Galatians 4:2→

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