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, that the heir, so long as he is a child, differeth not from a servant, although he is lord of all;
2 But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
but he is under supervisors and stewards, until the time established by his father.
3 Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
So also we, while we were children, were in subordination under the elements of the world.
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 consummation of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son; and he was from a woman, and was under the law;
5 That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
that he might redeem them that were under the law; and that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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 your hearts, who crieth, Father, our 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.
Wherefore, ye are no longer servants, but sons; and if sons, then heirs of God; through Jesus the Messiah.
8 But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
For then, when ye knew not God, ye served them who in their 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?
But now, since ye have known God, or rather, have been known by God, ye turn yourselves again to the weak and beggarly elements, and wish again to be under them!
10 Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
Ye observe days and moons, and set times, and years!
11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain.
12 Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
Be ye like me; because I have been like you.
13 And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
My brethren, I beseech you. Ye have not injured me at all. For ye know, that under the infirmity of my flesh, I at first announced the gospel to you;
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 the trial in my flesh, ye did not despise nor nauseate: but ye received me as an angel of God, and as Jesus the Messiah.
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 your blessedness? For I testify of you, that if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
Have I become an enemy to you, by preaching to you the truth?
17 They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
They are zealous towards you, yet not for good; but they wish to shut you up, that ye may be zealous towards 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,
And it is a good thing to be zealous at all times in good things; and not merely when I am present with you.
19 My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.
20 And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
And I could wish to be now with you, and to change the tone of my voice; because I am astonished at you.
21 Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
Tell me, ye who desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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 by the bond maid, was born after the flesh; and he that was by the free woman, was by the 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.
And these are allegorical of the two covenants; the one from mount Sinai, which bringeth forth for bondage, 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.
For Hagar is the mount Sinai in Arabia, and correspondeth with the present Jerusalem, and is serving in bondage, she and her children.
26 But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
But the Jerusalem above, is the free woman, who is the mother of us.
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 joyful, thou barren, who bearest not: exult and shout, thou who hast not travailed: for more numerous are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman.
28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
Now we, my brethren, like Isaac, are the children of the 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.
And as then, he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him who was born of the Spirit; so also is it 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 bondmaid, and her son; because the son of the bondmaid shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
31 Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
So then, my brethren, we are not sons of the bond-woman, but sons of the free woman.
