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‘Born of a Woman, Born under the Law’: Christmas according to Saint Paul

The earliest passage in the New Testament concerning the birth of Jesus is found in the Letter to the Galatians: “When the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship” (Gal 4:4-5). It is probably the highest moment of the letter, in which Paul announces the fulfillment of salvation.