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so thatἵναhe might redeemἐξαγοράσῃthoseτοὺςunderὑπὸthe law,νόμονso thatἵναwe might receiveἀπολάβωμενthe adoption as sons.τὴν υἱοθεσίαν
Galatians 4:5
Study it in the app“so that he might redeem those under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.”
God sent his Son so that we could become childrenGrace
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:5, word by word
- he might redeemἐξαγοράσῃexagorasēi
redeem
To pay the price to set someone free.
Where else “exagorasēi” appears- the lawνόμονnomon
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appears- we might receiveἀπολάβωμενapolabōmen
receive
To get one's due, or get it back.
Where else “apolabōmen” appears- the adoption as sonsυἱοθεσίανhuiothesian
adoption
Adoption as sons: being received legally as a son, with all a son's rights.
Where else “huiothesian” appears
The context
4But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 · This verse (above)
6And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”