King James Version
Galatians 4:6 in the King James Version says “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” — study this verse from Galatians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
Galatians 4:6 · KJV
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Howbeit then , when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“hath sent forth”
G1821to send away forth, i.e., (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“the Spirit”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
“Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“into”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“hearts”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“crying”
G2896properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e., (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
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