Galatians 4:1 (WEB)
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
Catechism · 1
“…master is doing" to that of a friend of Christ - "For all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you" - or even to the status of son and heir.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:15; cf. Jas 1:25; 2:12; Gal 4:1-7. 21-31; Rom 8:15.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“The Apostle Paul, again, says, “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant;” and mentions that we have received the Spirit of adoption, “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 15–23 and Gal. iv. 1–6.
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Tertullian
“But indeed it is superfluous to dwell on what he has erased, when he may be more effectually confuted from that which he has retained.” — editor's note: So, instead of pursuing the contents of chap. iii., he proceeds to such of chap. iv. as Marcion reserved.
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Clement of Alexandria
“So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world: but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” by Him.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“And the child, though heir, differeth nothing from a servant, till the time appointed of the father.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 1, 2, 3.
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