Galatians 4
1 Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing from a seruant, though he be Lord of all,
But I say: —for as long a time as, the heir, is an infant, he differeth, nothing, from a servant, though, lord of all,
2 But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
But is, under guardians, and stewards, until the [day] fore-appointed of the father:
3 Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
4 But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe,
But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law, —
5 That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive; —
6 And because ye are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the Spirit of his Sonne into your heartes, which crieth, Abba, Father.
And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh Father!
7 Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.
So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
8 But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
But, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;
9 But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
Whereas, now, having acknowledged God, —or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?
10 Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, and years: —
11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
I am afraid of you—lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!
12 Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye, —brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.
13 And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;
14 And the trial of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred: but ye receiued me as an Angel of God, yea, as Christ Iesus.
And, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye [in disgust], but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me—as Christ Jesus.
15 What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye would haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue giuen them vnto me.
Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness—that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
So then, your enemy, have I become, by dealing truthfully with you?
17 They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them.
18 But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only when I am present with you; —
19 My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you; —
20 And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice, —because I am perplexed regarding you.
21 Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.
For it is written, that, Abraham, had two sons—one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman;
23 But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.
But, he that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a promise.
24 By the which things another thing is meant: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.
Which things, indeed, may bear another meaning; for, the same, are two covenants, —one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, into bondage, bringing forth, the which is Hagar, —
25 (For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.
And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia, —she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
26 But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
But, the Jerusalem above, is free, —the which is our mother;
27 For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.
For it is written—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains, —because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.
28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.
29 But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.
But, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who [had been born] after the manner of the Spirit, thus, also now.
30 But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.
But, what saith the scripture? Cast out the serving woman and her son; for in nowise shall the son of the serving woman inherit with the son of the free.
31 Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free: —
