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Verse	Translation	Text
Ga 4:5	King James	To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
To--Greek, "That He might redeem." them . . . under the law--primarily the Jews: but as these were the representative people of the world, the Gentiles, too, are included in the redemption (Gal 3:13). receive--The Greek implies the suitableness of the thing as long ago predestined by God. "Receive as something destined or due" (Luk 23:41; Jo2 1:8). Herein God makes of sons of men sons of God, inasmuch as God made of the Son of God the Son of man [AUGUSTINE on Psalm 52].

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

To--Greek, "That He might redeem."

them . . . under the law--primarily the Jews: but as these were the representative people of the world, the Gentiles, too, are included in the redemption (Gal 3:13).

receive--The Greek implies the suitableness of the thing as long ago predestined by God. "Receive as something destined or due" (Luk 23:41; Jo2 1:8). Herein God makes of sons of men sons of God, inasmuch as God made of the Son of God the Son of man [AUGUSTINE on Psalm 52].

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
To redeem them - By his death as an atoning sacrifice; see the note at Gal 3:13. Them that were under the law - Sinners, who had violated the Law, and who were exposed to its dread penalty. That we might receive the adoption of sons - Be adopted as the sons or the children of God; see Joh 1:12, note; Rom 8:15, note.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

To redeem them - By his death as an atoning sacrifice; see the note at Gal 3:13.

Them that were under the law - Sinners, who had violated the Law, and who were exposed to its dread penalty.

That we might receive the adoption of sons - Be adopted as the sons or the children of God; see Joh 1:12, note; Rom 8:15, note.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
To redeem (ἵνα ἐξαγοράσῃ) See on Gal 3:13. To redeem from the dominion and curse of the law. The means of redemption is not mentioned. It cannot be merely the birth of Christ of a woman and under the law. These are mentioned only as the preliminary and necessary conditions of his redeeming work. The means or method appears in Gal 3:13. We might receive (ἀπολάβωμεν) Not receive again or back, as Luk 15:27, for adoption was something which men did not have before Christ; but receive from the giver. The adoption (τὴν υἱοθεσίαν) Po. See on Rom 8:15, and comp. Rom 9:4; Eph 1:5. Not sonship, but sonship conferred.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

To redeem (ἵνα ἐξαγοράσῃ)

See on Gal 3:13. To redeem from the dominion and curse of the law. The means of redemption is not mentioned. It cannot be merely the birth of Christ of a woman and under the law. These are mentioned only as the preliminary and necessary conditions of his redeeming work. The means or method appears in Gal 3:13.

We might receive (ἀπολάβωμεν)

Not receive again or back, as Luk 15:27, for adoption was something which men did not have before Christ; but receive from the giver.

The adoption (τὴν υἱοθεσίαν)

Po. See on Rom 8:15, and comp. Rom 9:4; Eph 1:5. Not sonship, but sonship conferred.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
To redeem those under the law - From the curse of it, and from that low, servile state. That we - Jews who believe. Might receive the adoption - All the privileges of adult sons.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

To redeem those under the law - From the curse of it, and from that low, servile state. That we - Jews who believe. Might receive the adoption - All the privileges of adult sons.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
To redeem them - Εξαγορασῃ· To pay down a price for them, and thus buy them off from the necessity of observing circumcision, offering brute sacrifices, performing different ablutions, etc., etc. That we might receive the adoption of sons - Which adoption we could not obtain by the law; for it is the Gospel only that puts us among the children, and gives us a place in the heavenly family. On the nature of adoption see the notes on Rom 8:15.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

To redeem them - Εξαγορασῃ· To pay down a price for them, and thus buy them off from the necessity of observing circumcision, offering brute sacrifices, performing different ablutions, etc., etc.

That we might receive the adoption of sons - Which adoption we could not obtain by the law; for it is the Gospel only that puts us among the children, and gives us a place in the heavenly family. On the nature of adoption see the notes on Rom 8:15.

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