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Galatians 4:1 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 1
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;Galatians 4:1 · King James Version
Galatians 4:1 in context
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- differethdiapherōto bear or carry through any place, to carry different ways, to carry in different…G1308 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- childnēpiosan infant, little child, a minor, not of age, metaph. childish, untaught, unskilledG3516 →
- heirklēronomosone who receives by lot, an heir, an heir, in Messianic usage, one who receives his…G2818 →
- lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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In this chapter the apostle deals plainly with those who hearkened to the judaizing teachers, who cried up the law of Moses in competition with the gospel of Christ, and endeavored to bring them under the bondage of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7