5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.
5 that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonshipD8561.
sonship - Or 'adoption.' It is receiving the position of sonship as a gift. 'Receive' has an active force here. Jew and Gentile received it as a gift from another, even freely from God; for the Jew was in bondage under law. the Gentile had right to nothing. see Rom. 8.15,23; 9.4; Eph. 1.5.
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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