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Galatians 4:2 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 2
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.Galatians 4:2 · King James Version
Galatians 4:2 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:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- governorsoikonomosthe manager of household or of household affairs, esp. a steward, manager, superintendent…G3623 →
- appointedprothesmiaset beforehand, appointed or determined beforehand, prearrangedG4287 →
- tutorsepitroposone to whose care or honour anything has been instructed, a curator, a guardian, a…G2012 →
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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