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,
Now as long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he is to be lord of all:
2 But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
but is under guardians and managers till the time appointed by the father.
3 Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
So we when we were children, were in servitude 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 fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made 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 those that were under the law, 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, crying, Abba, 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 thou art no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
8 But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
But then indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which in reality are no 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 that ye know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that ye turn again to the poor weak elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage as before?
10 Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years:
11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
so that I am afraid for you, least I have indeed bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I also was as ye are: and ye have not injured me at all.
13 And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
But ye know that in the infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at first:
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 my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected me for it; but received me as an angel of God, even 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.
What then was your blessedness? for I bear you witness 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 enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
And am I become your enemy for telling you the truth?
17 They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
They are zealous for you, but not as they ought: for they would exclude us, 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,
But it is good to be zealously affected always in that which is good, 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 little children, of whom I do as it were travail in birth again,
20 And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
till Christ be formed in you, I should be glad to be present with you even now, and to change my voice; for I am in doubt about you.
21 Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
Tell me, you that are so desirous 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.
where it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a servant, and one by a 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 who was of the servant, was born according to the course of nature; whereas the son of the free-woman was by virtue of 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.
Which things are figurative; for these persons are emblems of the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, bringing forth children unto bondage, which is Hagar: for this name 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.
a rock, is expressive of mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to the present Jerusalem, which 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 represented by the free-woman, which is the mother of us all.
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, Rejoice thou barren, that for a while didst not bear, break forth and cry aloud for joy, thou that didst not travail with child; for many more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath an husband."
28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are 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.
But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him who was born after the Spirit, even so it is 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 servant and her son: for the son of the servant 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.
Now we, my brethren, are not children of the servant, but of the free-woman.
