Galatians 4:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Because you are God's children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, "Abba! Father!" (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

ASV:

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

BBE:

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

DBY:

But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

ERV:

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

WEY:

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!"

WBS:

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

WEB:

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, " Abba, Father!"

YLT:

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!'

Galatians 4:6 Cross References

XREF:

Mark 14:36 And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will."

Acts 16:7 and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;

Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:6 {3} And because ye are sons, God hath {f} sent forth the {g} Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
(3) He shows that we are free and set at liberty in such a way that in the meantime we must be governed by the Spirit of Christ, who while reigning in our hearts, may teach us the true service of the Father. But this is not to serve, but rather to enjoy true liberty, as it is fitting for sons and heirs.
(f) By that which follows he gathers that which went before: for if we have his Spirit, we are his sons, and if we are his sons, then we are free.
(g) The Holy Spirit, who is both of the Father, and of the Son. But there is a special reason why he is called the Spirit of the Son, that is, because the Holy Spirit seals up our adoption in Christ, and gives us a full assurance of it.

PNT:

4:6 Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit. The spirit is bestowed not to make us sons, but because we have become sons by the faith. See Joh 1:12.
Crying, Abba, Father. See PNT Ro 8:15. Abba is simply the Syriac for father. It is found also in Mr 14:36 Ro 8:15. This spirit of adoption helps the son to realize that he is a son, and to look up to God and to address him, if a Semitic, as Abba; if a Greek as Pater; is an Anglo-Saxon, as Father.

WES:

4:6 And because ye - Gentiles who believe, are also thus made his adult sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts likewise, crying, Abba, Father - Enabling you to call upon God both with the confidence, and the tempers, of dutiful children. The Hebrew and Greek word are joined together, to express the joint cry of the Jews and gentiles.

MHC:

4:1-7 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. From these verses see the wonders of Divine love and mercy; particularly of God the Father, in sending his Son into the world to redeem and save us; of the Son of God, in submitting so low, and suffering so much for us; and of the Holy Spirit, in condescending to dwell in the hearts of believers, for such gracious purposes. Also, the advantages Christians enjoy under the gospel. Although by nature children of wrath and disobedience, they become by grace children of love, and partake of the nature of the children of God; for he will have all his children resemble him. Among men the eldest son is heir; but all God's children shall have the inheritance of eldest sons. May the temper and conduct of sons ever show our adoption; and may the Holy Spirit witness with our spirits that we are children and heirs of God.

CONC:

Abba Calls Cry Crying Enter Forth Hearts Saying Sons Spirit

Abba Calls Children Cry Crying Enter Forth Hearts Spirit

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