Galatians 4 - Introduction
1:4 world, (a-18) _ Aion_ . 'age,' 'course of this world.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 world, (a-18) _ Aion_ . 'age,' 'course of this world.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:4 come (h-15) Or 'born,' but the word ( _ ginomai_ ) means primarily 'to begin existence,' 'to become,' or 'to happen.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:5 sonship. (i-12) Or 'adoption.' It is receiving the position of sonship as a gift. 'Receive' has an active force here. Jew and Gentile received it as a gift from another, even freely from God; for the Jew was in bondage under law. the Gentile had right to nothing. see Romans 8:15 ,Romans 8:23 ; R... [ Continue Reading ]
4:7 God. (k-15) God himself has made us heirs.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:8 gods; (l-18) As the Hebrew in 2 Chronicles 13:9 , 'what is not God.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:13 in (a-5) _ Dia_ , here meaning the state he was in, not going through and out, but staying within the time or space or limits. 'In weakness' characterized the manner of his coming to them.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:14 contempt; (b-16) Lit. 'spit out.'... [ Continue Reading ]
4:19 children, (c-2) _ Teknia_ , as John 13:33 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:22 servant, (d-14) Or 'bondmaid,' _ paidiske_ (as Acts 12:13 ). Though in practice the word amounted to the same as a bondmaid, yet the Greek root is essentially different from that of _ doulos_ , a bondman, or slave.... [ Continue Reading ]
4:27 written, (e-4) See Isaiah 54:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
4:30 servant (d-10) servant (d-20) Or 'bondmaid,' _ paidiske_ (as Acts 12:13 ). Though in practice the word amounted to the same as a bondmaid, yet the Greek root is essentially different from that of _ doulos_ , a bondman, or slave. scripture? (f-5) See Genesis 21:10 . not (g-22) 'Not at all;' 'in... [ Continue Reading ]
4:31 servant's (d-8) Or 'bondmaid,' _ paidiske_ (as Acts 12:13 ). Though in practice the word amounted to the same as a bondmaid, yet the Greek root is essentially different from that of _ doulos_ , a bondman, or slave.... [ Continue Reading ]