Galatians 4:7

The conclusion of the argument is not stated didactically, but made emphatic by its personal form, passing from -we" to -ye", from -ye" to -thou".

no more a servant rather no longer in bondage (Galatians 4:4).

then an heir By the Roman law all the children whether sons or daughters inherited equally, whereas by the Jewish law females succeeded only in default of heirs male. Comp. Romans 8:17.

of God through Christ The reading which has most authority is -through God". It is unlikely that any transcriber would have adopted this reading, which is less usual, if he had had the received text before him. The expression -through God" has the same sense as in ch. Galatians 1:1. It stands in antithesis to all human effort or merit, by the appointment and grace of God.