Galatians 4 FTV

Question 1

Galatians 4:2

The heir…

Answer 1

The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:2

Question 2

Galatians 4:3

So also, when…

Answer 2

So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:3‬ ‭

Question 3

Galatians 4:4

But when the…

Answer 3

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:4‬ ‭

Question 4

Galatians 4:5

To redeem…

Answer 4

to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:5‬ ‭

Question 5

Galatians 4:6

Because you are…

Answer 5

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭

Question 6

Galatians 4:7

So you are…

Answer 6

So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭

Question 7

Galatians 4:8

Formerly…

Answer 7

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:8‬

Question 8

Galatians 4:9

But now that…

Answer 8

But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:9‬

Question 9

Galatians 4:10

You are…

Answer 9

You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:10‬ ‭

Question 10

Galatians 4:11

I fear…

Answer 10

I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:11‬

Question 11

Galatians 4:12

I plead with you…

Answer 11

I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭

Question 12

Galatians 4:13

As you know…

Answer 12

As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭

Question 13

Galatians 4:14

And even…

Answer 13

and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭

Question 14

Galatians 4:15

Where…

Answer 14

Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:15‬ ‭

Question 15

Galatians 4:16

Have I…

Answer 15

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:16‬

Question 16

Galatians 4:17

Those people…

Answer 16

Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:17‬

Question 17

Galatians 4:18

It is fine…

Answer 17

It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:18‬

Question 18

Galatians 4:19

My dear…

Answer 18

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:19‬ ‭

Question 19

Galatians 4:20

How…

Answer 19

how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:20‬

Question 20

Galatians 4:1

What I am…

Answer 20

What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:1‬

Question 21

Galatians 4:21

Tell me…

Answer 21

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:21‬

Question 22

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that…

Answer 22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:22‬

Question 23

Galatians 4:23

His son…

Answer 23

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:23‬

Question 24

Galatians 4:24

These things…

Answer 24

These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:24‬ ‭

Question 25

Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar…

Answer 25

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:25

Question 26

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem…

Answer 26

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:26‬

Question 27

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Be…

Answer 27

For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:27‬

Question 28

Galatians 4:28

Now you…

Answer 28

Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:28‬ ‭

Question 29

Galatians 4:29

At…

Answer 29

At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:29

Question 30

Galatians 4:30

But what does scripture…

Answer 30

But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:30‬

Question 31

Galatians 4:31

Therefore, brothers…

Answer 31

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:31‬