Sons and Heirs

Galatians 4:7

In 9 translations

BSB: So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
KJV: Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
WEB: So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
ASV: So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
LSV: So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
YLT: so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
DBY: So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.Elohim
DRC: Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God.
GNV: Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Χριστοῦ.¶ (“Christ”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

Spelling of ἀλλ᾽: NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἀλλὰ.
Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place διὰ elsewhere in this verse.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: διὰ θεοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read διὰ θεοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont read θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος ἀλλὰ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ θεοῦ.
RP2018: Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλ’ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος θεοῦ διὰ χριστοῦ.
TR-Boyd: Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλ᾿ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος Θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ.
SCR1894: ωστε ουκετι ει δουλος αλλ υιος ει δε υιος και κληρονομος θεου δια χριστου

Who and where

👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Adoption Heir Bondservant Patrimony Judaism Sons of God (New Testament)Heaven Titles and Names of Saints Children of God Minister, Christian

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Cross-references most cited first

Galatians 3:29–4:2And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 8:16–17The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified…
Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ…
Galatians 4:5–6to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Galatians 4:31–5:1Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
2 Corinthians 6:16–18What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”…
Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Genesis 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. And to you and your descendants I will give the land…
Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Jeremiah 32:38–41They will be My people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting…
Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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