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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/galatians/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/galatians/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/galatians/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/galatians/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/galatians/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />that He might redeem those under <i>the</i> Law, so that we might receive the divine adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/galatians/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/galatians/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/galatians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons <i>and daughters</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/galatians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/galatians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/galatians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/galatians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />so that He might redeem <i>and</i> liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/galatians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/galatians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/galatians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/galatians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />so he could set us free from the Law, and we could become God's children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/galatians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that he might redeem them which were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/galatians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God sent him to pay for the freedom of those who were controlled by these laws so that we would be adopted as his children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/galatians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/galatians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/galatians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/galatians/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/galatians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />that he might redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/galatians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/galatians/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/galatians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />that He might redeem those under <i>the</i> Law, so that we might receive the divine adoption as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/galatians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/galatians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />That he might redeem them under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/galatians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/galatians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/galatians/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/galatians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/galatians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />To redeem them who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />That he would redeem those who were under The Written Law, and that we would receive the position of children.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/galatians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />that he might buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/galatians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />in order that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption of sonship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/galatians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/galatians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/galatians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />that He might redeem those under law, that, we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/galatians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />that He might redeem those <i>that were</i> under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/galatians/4-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=734" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/galatians/4.htm">Sons and Heirs</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that."></a> <a href="/greek/1805.htm" title="1805: exagorasē (V-ASA-3S) -- From ek and agorazo; to buy up, i.e. Ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss.">to redeem</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">under</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomon (N-AMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">the law,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">that</a> <a href="/greek/618.htm" title="618: apolabōmen (V-ASA-1P) -- From apo and lambano; to receive; also to take aside.">we might receive</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">our</a> <a href="/greek/5206.htm" title="5206: huiothesian (N-AFS) -- From a presumed compound of huios and a derivative of tithemi; the placing as a son, i.e. Adoption.">adoption as sons.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15-17</a></span><br />For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. / And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Ephesians 1:5</a></span><br />He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12-13</a></span><br />But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1-2</a></span><br />Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. / Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4</a></span><br />the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a></span><br />He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14-15</a></span><br />Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13-14</a></span><br />He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a></span><br />just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a></span><br />For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a></span><br />you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-23.htm">1 Corinthians 7:23</a></span><br />You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-13.htm">Ephesians 2:13</a></span><br />But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.</p><p class="hdg">redeem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-21.htm">Galatians 4:21</a></b></br> Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a></b></br> Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed <i>is</i> every one that hangeth on a tree:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a></b></br> Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.</p><p class="hdg">that we.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-7.htm">Galatians 4:7</a></b></br> Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26</a></b></br> For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a></b></br> But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, <i>even</i> to them that believe on his name:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Adoption</a> <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Free</a> <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Freedom</a> <a href="/galatians/3-9.htm">Full</a> <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Law</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Order</a> <a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-18.htm">Recognition</a> <a href="/luke/24-21.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-18.htm">Rights</a> <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Sonship</a> <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Subject</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Adoption</a> <a href="/galatians/4-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">Free</a> <a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Freedom</a> <a href="/galatians/5-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/galatians/4-21.htm">Law</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/galatians/4-14.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Recognition</a> <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Rights</a> <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Sonship</a> <a href="/galatians/4-21.htm">Subject</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/4-1.htm">We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/4-5.htm">But Christ freed us from the law;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/4-7.htm">therefore we are servants no longer to it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/4-14.htm">Paul remembers the Galatians' good will to him, and his to them;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, it signifies Christ's sacrificial death, which frees believers from the curse and demands of the Mosaic Law. Historically, the Law was given to Israel as a covenant, setting them apart as God's people. However, it also highlighted humanity's inability to achieve righteousness through their own efforts. The Law served as a tutor leading to Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>), showing the need for a savior. Jesus, by fulfilling the Law (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>), redeems those who were under its jurisdiction, offering freedom from its penalties and requirements. This redemption is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which speaks of the suffering servant who would bear the iniquities of many.<p><b>that we might receive our adoption as sons</b><br>Adoption in the Roman world, which Paul was familiar with, was a legal act that granted an adopted child the full rights and privileges of a biological child, including inheritance rights. Spiritually, this adoption signifies believers' new identity and relationship with God through Christ. It is not merely a change in status but a transformation into the family of God, with all the associated rights and responsibilities. This adoption is a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed through his seed (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>), and it is echoed in other New Testament passages such as <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15-17</a>, which speaks of believers receiving the Spirit of sonship. This adoption assures believers of their place in God's family, providing them with a sense of belonging and security, and it is made possible through the redemptive work of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Galatians, addressing the churches in Galatia to correct false teachings and affirm the true gospel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/galatians.htm">Galatians</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, a group of early Christian communities in the region of Galatia, struggling with the influence of Judaizers who insisted on adherence to the Mosaic Law.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>Central to the message of redemption and adoption, whose sacrificial death and resurrection made it possible for believers to be redeemed from the law.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a></b><br>Refers to the Mosaic Law, which was given to the Israelites and served as a guardian until Christ came.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/adoption_as_sons.htm">Adoption as Sons</a></b><br>A key theme in this verse, highlighting the transformation from being under the law to becoming children of God through faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/redemption_from_the_law.htm">Redemption from the Law</a></b><br>Jesus' mission was to redeem us from the bondage of the law, which we could not fulfill on our own. This redemption is a gift of grace, not earned by works.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/adoption_as_sons.htm">Adoption as Sons</a></b><br>Through Christ, we are not only freed from the law but also brought into a familial relationship with God. This adoption signifies a new identity and inheritance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a></b><br>Understanding our identity as children of God should transform how we live, think, and interact with others. We are no longer slaves to sin but heirs of God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/freedom_and_responsibility.htm">Freedom and Responsibility</a></b><br>Our freedom in Christ comes with the responsibility to live according to the Spirit, reflecting our status as God's children in our daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_god's_love.htm">Assurance of God's Love</a></b><br>Adoption assures us of God's unchanging love and commitment. We can approach Him with confidence, knowing we are His beloved children.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">To redeem them that were under the law.</span>--To redeem, or ransom, at the price of His death, both Jew and Gentile at once from the condemnation under which the law, to which they were severally subject, placed them, and also from the bondage and constraint which its severe discipline involved.<p><span class= "bld">That we might receive the adoption of sons.</span>--Redemption is followed by adoption. The admission of the believer into the Messianic kingdom, with its immunities from sin and from law, implies an admission into the Messianic family, of which God is the Father and Christ the Eldest Son, "first born amongst many brethren."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">To redeem them that were under the Law</span> (<span class="greek">ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ</span>); <span class="accented">that he might redeem</span> (Greek, buy off) <span class="accented">them which were under the Law.</span> In what way Christ bought God's people off, not only from the curse, but also from the dominion of the Law, has been stated by the apostle above, at <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>, "Christ bought us off (<span class="greek">Ξριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξηγόρασεν</span>) from the curse of the Law by being made on our behalf a curse" (see note). But why, in order to effect this object, was it prerequisite, as it is here implied that it was, that he should be himself "brought under the Law"? The directions which the Law in <a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Deuteronomy 21:22, 23</a> gave with respect to those "hanged on a tree" were apparently held by Joshua (<a href="/joshua/8-29.htm">Joshua 8:29</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-26.htm">Joshua 10:26, 27</a>) to apply also to the case of persons so hanged who were not Israelites. If so, does it not follow (an objector may say) that Jesus, even if not an Israelite under the Law, would, however, by being crucified, have fallen under the curse of the Law, and thereby annihilated the Law for all who by faith should become partakers with him, whether Jews or Gentiles? why, then, should be have been brought under the Law? The objection is met by the consideration that, in order that Christ might abrogate the Law by becoming subject to its curse, it was necessary that he should himself be perfectly acceptable to God, not only as being the eternal "Son of his love," but also in the entire completeness of his life as a man, and, therefore, by perfect obedience to the will of God as declared in the Law, under which it had pleased God to place his people. The Law, whatever the degradation which its ceremonial institute inferred for "the sons of God" subjected to it, was, nevertheless, for the time, God's manifest ordinance, to which all who sought to serve him were bound to submit them° selves. They could not be righteous before him unless they walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless (<a href="/luke/1-6.htm">Luke 1:6</a>). <span class="cmt_word">That we might</span> <span class="cmt_word">receive the adoption of sons</span> (<span class="greek_word">i%na th\n</span> <span class="greek">υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν</span>); that is, that our adoptive sonship might be actually and in full measure made over to us. The" we" recites God's people; the same persons as those indicated by the preceding phrase, "those which were under the Law," which phrase was not meant to define one particular class among God's people, but to describe the condition in which God's people had been placed. Their Father had put them under the Law with the view of their being at his appointed time bought off from the Law and admitted to the full enjoyment of their filial privileges. This purpose of their Father, signified beforehand in the promises to Abraham, explains the article before <span class="greek">υἱοθεσίαν</span>: it was the adoptive sonship which had been guaranteed to them. Hence the use here of the verb <span class="greek">ἀπολάβωμεν</span> instead of <span class="greek">λάβωμεν</span>: for the prepositional prefix of this compound verb has always its force; generally denoting our receiving a thing in some way due to us, answering to its force in the verb <span class="greek">ἀποδίδωμι</span>, repay: sometimes our receiving a thing in full measure (comp. <a href="/luke/6-34.htm">Luke 6:34, 35</a>; <a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Luke 16:25</a>; <a href="/luke/18-30.htm">Luke 18:30</a>; <a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Luke 23:41</a>; <a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Romans 1:27</a>; <a href="/colossians/3-24.htm">Colossians 3:24</a> 2John 8). In <a href="/luke/15-27.htm">Luke 15:27</a> it is receiving <span class="accented">back</span> one lost. The second <span class="greek">ἵνα</span> is subordinate to the first; the deliverance of God's people from the Law was in order to their introduction into their complete state of sonship. The noun <span class="greek">υἱοθεσία</span> does not appear to occur in any Greek writer except St. Paul; though <span class="greek">θέσθαι υἱόν υἱὸς θετός</span>, <span class="greek">υἱόθετος ὁ κατὰ θέσιν πατήρ</span>, are found in various authors. After the analogy of other compound verbal nouns with a similar termination (<span class="greek">ὁρκωμοσία ἀγωνοθεσία θεσμοθεσία</span>, etc.), it means first the <span class="accented">act</span> of adoption, as, perhaps, <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Ephesians 1:5</a>; and then, quite naturally, the consequent condition of the adopted child, as in <a href="/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15</a>; <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4</a>; and this seems its more prominent sense here. <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4</a> suggests the surmise that the term had been in use before among Palestinian Jews, with reference to Israel's state under the theocracy, and that St. Paul borrowed it thence with reference to the Christian Church, in which it found a more complete realization. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/galatians/4-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">to redeem</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξαγοράσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(exagorasē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1805.htm">Strong's 1805: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ek and agorazo; to buy up, i.e. Ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those</span><br /><span class="grk">τοὺς</span> <span class="translit">(tous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπὸ</span> <span class="translit">(hypo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] Law,</span><br /><span class="grk">νόμον</span> <span class="translit">(nomon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3551.htm">Strong's 3551: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ἵνα</span> <span class="translit">(hina)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> </span><span class="str2">In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we might receive</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπολάβωμεν</span> <span class="translit">(apolabōmen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_618.htm">Strong's 618: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and lambano; to receive; also to take aside.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[our]</span><br /><span class="grk">τὴν</span> <span class="translit">(tēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">adoption as sons.</span><br /><span class="grk">υἱοθεσίαν</span> <span class="translit">(huiothesian)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5206.htm">Strong's 5206: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a presumed compound of huios and a derivative of tithemi; the placing as a son, i.e. Adoption.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/galatians/4-5.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 4:5 That he might redeem those who were (Gal. 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