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Galatians 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son…

“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”
Galatians 4:4 · KJV

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The verses around Galatians 4:4.

2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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Verse explanation

Paul uses this same logic to explain Christ’s coming: when the right moment arrived, “the fulness of the time,” God sent His Son, born of a woman and under the law, to live as any human being under that system.

From the Galatians 4 study in Bible in Stories.

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