If you look at that verse you will see right there, the mystery both of Jesus’ divinity and of his humanity. “God sent forth his Son, born of woman” (Gal 4:4). So you’ll see there a very fleeting reference to Mary, but it is important. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “ Abba! Father! ” So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir. It says:īut when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. Paul never talks about Mary, never names Mary in person, but he does mention her as mother on one key occasion, and that is in Galatians 4 when he writes these words. This is Paul ’ s sole mention of the Virgin Mary. It is a very special text from Galatians 4:4 – 7.
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