Galatians 4:4-7
In the fullness of time, God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us and make us adoptive children of God.
In the fullness of time, God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us and make us adoptive children of God.
Paul prays that the Ephesian Christians will be strengthened in their inner beings.
Before faith came, we were subject to Jewish law, our disciplinarian. However, Christ removed those strictures and made us children of God through faith.
Paul acknowledges his role as a persecutor of the church––and his vision of the risen Christ, who called him to be an apostle––and his journey to Arabia––and his visit with Cephas and James, who glorified God because of Paul's Christian faith.
Paul acknowledges his role as a persecutor of the church––and his vision of the risen Christ, who called him to be an apostle––and his journey to Arabia––and his visit with Cephas and James, who glorified God because of Paul's Christian faith.
In Paul's greetings, he establishes his credentials––called by God to be an apostle. He expresses amazement that the Galatian Christians have so readily abandoned the grace bestowed by Christ, and pronounces a curse on anyone who would lead them astray.
Paul has become a prisoner for Christ for the sake of the Gentiles, to whom he has been called to proclaim the Good News of Christ.
Paul reminds those born Gentiles––called "the uncircumcision" by circumcised Jews––that all have become one in Christ, who is our peace.
Paul's final greetings and benediction, closing this letter to the Corinthian church.
We were dead in sin, but God in his love has made us alive in Christ.