Galatians 4:2
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
But is vnder tutors and gouernours vntill the time appointed of the father.
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Galatians 4:2
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Persons who govern, rule, direct, or hold chief civil authority.
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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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4:1NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
4:1¶ Now I say, that the heire, as long as hee is a child, differeth nothing from a seruant, though hee bee Lord of all,
4:2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
4:2But is vnder tutors and gouernours vntill the time appointed of the father.
Selected passage4:3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4:3Euen so we, when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the ‖Elements of the world:
4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
4:4But when the fulnes of the time was come, God sent foorth his Sonne made of a woman, made vnder the Law,
4:5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
4:5To redeeme them that were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of sonnes.
4:6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
4:6And because yee are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.
4:7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
4:7Wherefore thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne; and if a sonne, then an heire of God through Christ.
4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
4:8Howbeit, then when ye knew not God, yee did seruice vnto them which by nature are no Gods.
4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
4:9But now after that yee haue knowen God, or rather are knowen of God, how turne ye ‖againe to the weak and beggerly ‖Elements, whereunto ye desire againe to be in bondage?
4:10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
4:10Yee obserue dayes, and moneths, and times, and yeeres.
4:11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
4:11I am afraide of you, lest I haue bestowed vpon you labour in vaine.