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Themes in Galatians 4

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Themes in Galatians 4

Galatians 4:1 (show verse)

Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

Children » Tutors and governors for
Children » Male » Under the care of tutors, till they came of age
Children » Minors
spiritual Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Minors » Legal status of
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage

Galatians 4:2 (show verse)

but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.

Childhood » Marks of » Need of rulers
Children » Tutors and governors for
Children » Male » Under the care of tutors, till they came of age
Children » Minors
spiritual Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Marks » Of childhood » Need of rulers
Minors » Legal status of
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage

Galatians 4:3 (show verse)

So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the

elemental things of the world.

Bondage, spiritual » Is to sin
spiritual Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Christian Liberty » Is freedom from » Jewish ordinances
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By Christ
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage

Galatians 4:4 (show verse)

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

Adoption » Is through Christ
Atonement » Made by jesus » Divinely ordained
Christ » Humanity of Christ » General references to
Christ » Humanity of » General references to
Flesh » The son of God (jesus Christ) becoming flesh
Fulness » Of time
the Human nature of Christ » Was necessary to his mediatorial office
the Human nature of Christ » Was of the seed of » The woman
Humility of Christ » General references to
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
the Law of moses » Christ » Made under
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By Christ
The promises of God » Are » Performed in due season
Redemption » Procures for us » Adoption
Redemption » Christ sent to effect
Time » Of the spirit delay in use of » Divisions
Time » All God's purposes fulfilled in due time
Time » Fullness of

Galatians 4:5 (show verse)

so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Adoption » Is through Christ
Atonement » Made by jesus » Divinely ordained
the Human nature of Christ » Was necessary to his mediatorial office
the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit » A proof of adoption
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By Christ
Redemption » Procures for us » Adoption
Redemption » Christ sent to effect
Redemption » Is from » The bondage of the law

Galatians 4:6 (show verse)

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Abba » Father
Adoption » Saints receive the spirit of
Assurance » Adoption into God's family » Bearing witness to the spiritual adoption of believers
Communion » With God
Heir » Figurative
Holy spirit » The holy spirit being sent by God
Holy spirit » Believers in the early church baptized with » Bearing witness to the spiritual adoption of believers
Holy spirit » Baptism of » Witness of
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Names » Of the holy spirit » Spirit of the son
Prayer » The holy ghost » As the spirit of adoptions, leads to
Sending and those sent » The holy spirit being sent by God
Servants » Who is not a mere servant
Spirit » Believers in the early church baptized with » Bearing witness to the spiritual adoption of believers
Witness » Sufferings of » Of the spirit

Galatians 4:7 (show verse)

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

Adoption » Entitles to an inheritance
Heir » Figurative
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
Holy spirit » The holy spirit being sent by God
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Sending and those sent » The holy spirit being sent by God
Servants » Who is not a mere servant
Sons » Of God
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
Titles and names of saints » Heirs of God

Galatians 4:8 (show verse)

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

Idolatry » Objects of, described as » No gods
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Law » Christ being the end of the law
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » Economy » God's

Galatians 4:9 (show verse)

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless

elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

Backsliders » Instances of » Galatians
Backsliding » Results of » Bondage to forms
Ceremonialism » False religion, characteristics of
Divine Knowledge » God's knowledge of the saints » True love recognized
saints Known » True love recognized
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Religion » Characteristics of » Ceremonialism
FALSE » Religion characteristics of » Ceremonialism

Galatians 4:10 (show verse)

You observe days and months and seasons and years.

Backsliders » Instances of » Galatians
Feast of the new moon » Observance of, by Christians, condemned
Formalism » Warnings against
Judaism » Reversion to
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Months » Observance of, condemned
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against

Galatians 4:11 (show verse)

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

Backsliders » Instances of » Galatians
Care » Paul's care of the church
Church » For other leaders » Paul's care for
Church » Care of » Paul's care of
Formalism » Warnings against
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Ministers » Call of, examples of » Care for the church
Paul's » Care for the church
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against

Galatians 4:12 (show verse)

I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;

No Themes for this verse.

Galatians 4:13 (show verse)

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

Paul » Has "a thorn in the flesh,"
Paul's » Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28 » Thorn

Galatians 4:14 (show verse)

and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

Angel (holy trinity) » One of the holy trinity » Called angel of God
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Regard them as God's messengers
Paul » Has "a thorn in the flesh,"
Temptation » Exemplified

Galatians 4:15 (show verse)

Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

Affections » Should not grow cold

Galatians 4:16 (show verse)

So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Speech » Plainness of
Truth » Ministers should » Speak
Truth » God's servants should speak

Galatians 4:17 (show verse)

They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.

Affections » False teachers seek to captivate
Religious zeal » Without knowledge

Galatians 4:18 (show verse)

But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I am present with you.

Affections » Should be zealously engaged for God
Fervour » Commands concerning
Zeal » The Call of Duty » Encouraged
Zeal » Should be exhibited » In well-doing

Galatians 4:19 (show verse)

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

Solicitude » For the welfare of the church

Galatians 4:20 (show verse)

but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

No Themes for this verse.

Galatians 4:21 (show verse)

Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law?

Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Judaism » Reversion to
Newness » The new jerusalem

Galatians 4:22 (show verse)

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Bastard » Instances of » Ishmael
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Christian Liberty » Typified
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parables » The two covenants

Galatians 4:23 (show verse)

But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Christian Liberty » Typified
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parables » The two covenants

Galatians 4:24 (show verse)

This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Allegory » The two covenants
Church of israel » A type of the church of Christ
Hagar » Called agar
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Christian Liberty » Typified
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parables » The two covenants
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » Figurative

Galatians 4:25 (show verse)

Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Church of israel » A type of the church of Christ
Hagar » An angel appears to her with a comforting promise
Hagar » Called agar
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
Christian Liberty » Typified
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parables » The two covenants
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » Figurative

Galatians 4:26 (show verse)

But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Church » Triumphant
Church » Heavenly jerusalem
Church of israel » A type of the church of Christ
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
Christian Liberty » Typified
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parables » The two covenants
Titles and names of the church » Heavenly of jerusalem
Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ
Women » Figurative » Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ

Galatians 4:27 (show verse)

For it is written,
“Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For more numerous are the children of the desolate
Than of the one who has a husband.”

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Parables » The two covenants

Galatians 4:28 (show verse)

And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham
Parables » The two covenants
The promises of God » Saints » Children of
Titles and names of saints » Children of promise

Galatians 4:29 (show verse)

But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Parables » The two covenants
Persecution » Men by nature addicted to
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Being children of God

Galatians 4:30 (show verse)

But what does the Scripture say?
“Cast out the bondwoman and her son,
For

the son of the bondwoman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman.”

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Abraham » Isaac born to
Parables » The two covenants

Galatians 4:31 (show verse)

So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Christian Liberty » Typified
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the bondwoman
Parables » The two covenants
Titles and names of saints » Children of the free-woman