Galatians 4:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

so he could set us free from the Law, and we could become God's children.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

Luke 1:68

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to save his people.

John 1:12

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

Acts 20:28

Look after yourselves and everyone the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be like shepherds to God's church. It is the flock that he bought with the blood of his own Son.

Romans 10:4

But Christ makes the Law no longer necessary for those who become acceptable to God by faith.

Romans 8:14

Only those people who are led by God's Spirit are his children.

Romans 8:15

God's Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of him. Instead, we become his children and call him our Father.

Romans 8:19

In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are.

Romans 8:23

The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free.

Romans 9:4

They are the descendants of Israel, and they are also God's chosen people. God showed them his glory. He made agreements with them and gave them his Law. The temple is theirs and so are the promises that God made to them.

Galatians 3:13

But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse.

Galatians 3:26

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:21

Some of you would like to be under the rule of the Law of Moses. But do you know what the Law says?

Galatians 4:7

You are no longer slaves. You are God's children, and you will be given what he has promised.

Ephesians 1:5

God was kind and decided that Christ would choose us to be God's own adopted children.

Ephesians 1:7

Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means that our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because God was so kind to us. God has great wisdom and understanding,

Ephesians 5:2

Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

Hebrews 9:12

Then Christ went once for all into the most holy place and freed us from sin for ever. He did this by offering his own blood instead of the blood of goats and bulls.

Hebrews 9:15

Christ died to rescue those who had sinned and broken the old agreement. Now he brings his chosen ones a new agreement with its guarantee of God's eternal blessings!

1 Peter 3:18

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive.

Revelation 14:3

And a new song was being sung in front of God's throne and in front of the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn that song, except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been rescued from the earth.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You are worthy to receive the scroll and open its seals, because you were killed. And with your own blood you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.