Galatians 4:1-7:
4:1But I say: on as-much time as the inheritor is an infant he differs nothing from a slave being lord of all-things .2but he is under guardians and stewards continuously-until the purposed(-day) of the father – .3thus also we: when we used-to-be infants we used-to-be having been enslaved2 under the rudiments of the world, .4but when the fullness of the time came God apostled-out His son, having come-into-being from a woman, having come-into-being under law .5in order that he may redeem the (people) under law, in order that we may receive the sonship; .6but (since it is true) that you are sons (it is true that) God apostled-out His spirit into our hearts shouting, "Abba, Father" – .7so-that you are no-longer a slave but a son, but since (you are) a son (you are) also an inheritor by means of God.
Paul lays it out before them: for as long a length of chronological time as the inheritor (heir, the one who has the inheritance, assigned-lot, allotted-portion) is an infant (a minor being under-age, immature in the physical, flesh category behaving as a baby having received life but still without the power of adult/mature speech and so being childish) within the household, he differs nothing (he carries not one thing in a different way, varies nothing) from a slave (a servant who is bound to serve his master within that household) even though this infant is presently being lord (master) of all-things in that household, but contrary to being allowed by his father to use his inherited authority while he is still only an infant, this inheritor is legally subject or in submission to guardians (people to whom the father has given permission, allowance, committed charge over his children) and stewards (house-managers or administrators of the household-matters) for the whole duration of time up until the day pre-appointed (the limited or fixed date or time set beforehand, put in advance) by the father…
…in this manner also are we holy-people:
…during the time when we were infants we became enslaved and stayed enslaved (we were caused to become servants in bondage) legally subject or in submission to the rudiments (the first little steps in a line or series, base elements, like baby-steps, basic or first principles of instruction) pertaining-to living in the world – but when the chronological time's fullness (filling, the result of the action of filling, the full-contents, fulfillment) came God apostled-out His son (He sent His son forth on a specific mission or assignment). How?
1. God's son came-into-being from a woman (he became, came to pass to be, from the center of a woman all the way out, referring to the truth that Mary gave birth to him just the same as every other baby is naturally born in the flesh category); and
2. God's son came-into-being (he became, came to pass to be) legally subject or in submission to the law of Moses because he was born when the law was still in force.
Why did God's son come into being from a woman and under law?
A. For the purpose and result that he would redeem (fully buy or purchase, as a person buys in a market-place and pays the correct price of the item, purchase-outright) the people legally subject or in submission to law; and
B. for the purpose and result that we would receive (take away from the one giving, receive in-full) the sonship. What sonship? The sonship that the Lord Jesus Christ now has, which is being a son of God in the spirit category.
Since it is true that you Galatian holy-people presently and actively are sons of God, then it is also true that God has already apostled-out His spirit (He sent His gift of holy spirit forth out-from Himself by means of the Lord Jesus Christ on a specific mission or assignment) into our hearts (from the outside into the inside of the center of our beings, all of us holy-people), and this holy spirit-life is presently and actively shouting, crying-out, "Abba, Father." The word Abba is an Aramaic word meaning "Father."
The purposed day came, and we now have the result of all that was accomplished by God and the Lord Jesus Christ. All of us have the spirit of Christ in us. We have in our holy spirit-life all the authority and able-power of the resurrected Christ himself because we are all limbs/members of his resurrected spiritual body; we have our inheritance spiritually from God.
[Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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