Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Galatians 4:21

"Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?" — Galatians 4:21 (ASV)

Paul has already appealed to statements of the law to show that the law brings a curse to those who desire to be under it (3:10–14). But that was both indirect and negative. Now he appeals directly and demands that those desiring to be under law hear what the law actually says and retreat from their folly. He does not yet consider that the Galatians have actually rejected the Gospel, only that they are desiring to reject it for law.