A common misinterpretation of Galatians 4:5 views redemption solely as liberation from the Mosaic Law for Jews, excluding Gentiles or overlooking its broader application to all humanity under sin's bondage; others twist 'adoption of sons' to imply gender exclusivity, superior status for men, or even deification of believers, while antinomians misuse it to claim moral law is entirely obsolete post-redemption, ignoring the passage's emphasis on faith-enabled sonship within God's redemptive plan through Christ.
Galatians 4:5
King James Version (1769)
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
In Galatians 4:5, Paul explains the purpose of God's Son coming under the law: to redeem, or purchase freedom for, those enslaved by its curse and demands, enabling believers—both Jew and Gentile—to receive the full privileges of sonship in God's family, including intimacy with the Father, inheritance, and the indwelling Spirit, all secured through Christ's perfect obedience and sacrificial death rather than human effort.