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Galatians 4

Galatians 4 — Overview

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

, We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age; , But Christ freed us from the law; , therefore we are servants no longer to it; , He remembers their good will to him, and his to them; , and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman.

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