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Galatians 4 — Sermon Preparation
Paul contrasts slavery under the law with adoption as sons through Christ, then allegorizes Hagar and Sarah to represent the two covenants. Below is a research summary for Galatians 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 57
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Galatians 4 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| υἱός | huiós | G5207 | 9 | child, foal, son |
| παιδίσκη | paidískē | G3814 | 5 | bondmaid, damsel, maid |
| ἐλεύθερος | eleútheros | G1658 | 5 | free, at liberty |
| τέκνον | téknon | G5043 | 5 | child, daughter, son |
| ζηλόω | zēlóō | G2206 | 3 | affect, covet, desire, envy |
| σάρξ | sárx | G4561 | 4 | carnal, flesh |
| νόμος | nómos | G3551 | 4 | law |
How preachers through history handled this text
57 public-domain excerpts on Galatians 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The apostle deals plainly with those who urged the law of Moses together with the gospel of Christ, and endeavoured to bring believers under its bondage. They could not fully understand the meaning of the law as given by Moses. And as that was a dispensation of darkness, so of bondage; they were tied to many burdensome rites and observances, by which they were taught and kept subject like a child under tutors and governors. We learn the happier state of Christians under the gospel dispensation. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Galatians 4:1–7 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Sinai— Gal 4:24
- Arabia 2— Gal 4:25
- Jerusalem— Gal 4:25
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