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Galatians 4:26-31

Lexham English Bible LEB

26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

27 For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."<note: A quotation from Isa 54:1>

28 But you, brothers, are children of the promise, just as Isaac.

29 But just as at that time the [child] born according to human descent persecuted the [child born] according to the Spirit, so also now.

30 But what does the scripture say? "Drive out the female slave and her son, for the son of the female slave will never inherit with the son" of the free woman.

31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female slave but of the free woman.

New International Version NIV

26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

27 For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.

29 At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.

30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”

31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.