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Gal. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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Gal. 4:21• ²¹Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (Gal. 4:21)

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Gal. 3:13• ¹³Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Gal. 3:13)

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Matt. 20:28• ²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matt. 20:28)

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Luke 1:68• ⁶⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, (Luke 1:68)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

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Eph. 1:7• ⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Eph. 1:7)

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Eph. 5:2• ²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor. (Eph. 5:2)

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Col. 1:13‑20• ¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
¹⁴In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
¹⁹For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
²⁰And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Col. 1:13‑20)

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Titus 2:14• ¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)

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Heb. 1:3• ³Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (Heb. 1:3)

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Heb. 9:12,15• ¹²Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
¹⁵And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (Heb. 9:12,15)

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1 Peter 1:18‑20• ¹⁸Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
¹⁹But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
²⁰Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, (1 Peter 1:18‑20)

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1 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter 3:18)

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Rev. 5:9• ⁹And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Rev. 5:9)

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Rev. 14:3• ³And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. (Rev. 14:3)

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Gal. 4:7• ⁷Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Gal. 4:7)

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Gal. 3:26• ²⁶For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26)

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John 1:12• ¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:12)

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Rom. 8:19,23• ¹⁹For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
²³And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Rom. 8:19,23)

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Rom. 9:4• ⁴Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; (Rom. 9:4)

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Eph. 1:5• ⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (Eph. 1:5)

• The claims of the law having been met, the way is clear for the believer to come into the blessing of a son, as the word says, "to receive sonship"; not only to be a child, but to come into the place of liberty, and favor that belongs to an heir. (“Galatians 4” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonshipi.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "adoption." It is receiving the position of sonship as a gift. "Receive" has an active force here. Jew and Gentile received it as a gift from another, even freely from God; for the Jew was in bondage under law. the Gentile had right to nothing. see Rom. 8.15,23; 9.4; Eph. 1.5.

W. Kelly Translation

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that he might buy those under law, that we might receive our sonship.