Sons and Heirs
1I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,1 though he is the owner of everything, 2but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3In the same way we also, when we were children, cwere enslaved to the elementary principles2 of the world. 4But dwhen the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, eborn fof woman, born gunder the law, 5hto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive iadoption as sons. 6And because you are sons, God has sent jthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then kan heir through God.
Paul's Concern for the Galatians
8Formerly, when you ldid not know God, you mwere enslaved to those that by nature nare not gods. 9But now that you have come to know God, or rather oto be known by God, phow can you turn back again to qthe weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? 10rYou observe days and months and seasons and years! 11I am afraid sI may have labored over you in vain.
A Word before Communion
Galatians 4:4–5 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 32:58 • ID: 3612
When? What? Why? — Part One
Galatians 4:4–7 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 46:18 • ID: 2415
When? What? Why? — Part Two
Galatians 4:4–7 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:32 • ID: 2416
Why God Sent His Son
Galatians 4:4–5 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:12 • ID: 2128
A Study in Galatians, Volume 1
Right with God Galatians 1:1–5:12 Series • ID: 14801Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.