Galatians 4:6

"that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that Jesus came to free believers from the constraints of the Mosaic Law, allowing them to be adopted into God's family as His beloved children, not just as obedient servants. Through His redemptive work, He grants us a new relationship with God based on grace rather than law.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. And because ye are sons. As a consequence of your being adopted into the family of God, and being regarded as his sons. It follows as a part of his purpose of adoption that his children shall have the spirit of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit of his Son. The spirit of the Lord Jesus; the spirit which animated him, or which he evinced. The idea is, that as the Lord Jesus was enabled to approach God with the language of endearment and love, so they would be. He, being the true and exalted Son of God, had the spirit appropriate to such a relation; they being adopted, and made like him, have the same spirit.

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