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Galatians 4:21 KJV
Galatians · chapter 4 · verse 21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?Galatians 4:21 · King James Version
Galatians 4:21 in context
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desirethelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- Telllegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- hearakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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In these verses the apostle illustrates the difference between believers who rested in Christ only and those judaizers who trusted in the law, by a comparison taken from the story of Isaac and Ishmael.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-31