Galatians 4
1 Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;
Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he is lord of all;
2 but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
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, come of woman, come under law,
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8 But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.
9 but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days and months and times and years.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
12 Be as I [am], for I also [am] as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all.
13 But ye know that in weakness of the flesh I announced the glad tidings to you at the first;
Ye know that in infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first.
14 and my temptation, which [was] in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
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 What then [was] your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given [them] to me.
What then was the blessedness ye spoke of; for I bear you testimony, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?
Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17 They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.
They zealously affect you, [but] not well; for, they would exclude you, that ye may affect them.
18 But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you —
But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
19 my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
20 and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21 Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
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; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.
23 But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the promise.
But he [who was] of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman [was] by promise.
24 Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.
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 Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
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 out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.
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 who hath a husband.
28 But ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to Spirit, so also [it is] now.
But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
30 But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
Nevertheless, what saith the scripture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son: for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.
