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Galatians 4

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1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

2 but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by [his] father.

3 So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.

4 But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

5 in order that he might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.

6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba! (Father!),"

7 so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.

8 But at that time [when you] did not know God, you were enslaved to the things which by nature are not gods.

9 But now, [because you] have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

10 You carefully observe days and months and seasons and years.

11 I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!

12 I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!

13 But you know that because of an illness of the flesh I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.

14 And you did not despise or disdain [what was] a trial for you in my flesh, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus.

15 So where [is] your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes [and] given [them] to me!

16 So then, have I become your enemy [by] being truthful to you?

17 They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].

18 But [it is] good to be sought zealously in good at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

19 My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!

20 But I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone because I am perplexed about you.

21 Tell me, [you] who are wanting to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the female slave and one by the free woman.

23 But the one by the female slave was born according to human descent, and the one by the free woman through the promise,

24 which [things] are spoken allegorically, for these [women] are two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing [children] for slavery, who is Hagar.

25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is a slave with her children.

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.