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Gal 4:7. Εἶ-υἱὸς, thou art-a son) Paul passes with a sweet effect from the plural to the singular, as in ch. Gal 6:1; and there is at the same time expressed in this passage the fatherly answer of God towards [in relation to] individuals who cry out, Abba, Father, in the spirit.-δοῦλος, a servant) in the manner of inferiors.-κληρονόμος) an heir in reality.[36]
[36] Θεοῦ, of God) See App., p. 11, on this passage, where the great variety renders it probable that Θεοῦ was inserted from Rom 8:17.-Not. Crit. Yet the margin of the 2d Ed. gives less countenance to the omission, and the Germ. Vers. expresses the words of God, as if they were not doubtful.-E. B.
ABC corrected later, g Vulg. Memph., read διὰ Θεοῦ. G reads διὰ Θεόν. Rec. Text reads Θεοῦ, διὰ Χριστοῦ, with D(Δ)f.