Galatians 4
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;
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 under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
but he is under supervisors and stewards, until the time established by his father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
So also we, while we were children, were in subordination 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,
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 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
that he might redeem them that were under the law; and 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.
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 servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Wherefore, ye are no longer servants, but sons; and if sons, then heirs of God; through Jesus the Messiah.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
For then, when ye knew not God, ye served them who in their nature are not 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?
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 observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Ye observe days and moons, and set times, and years!
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Be ye like me; because I have been like you.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto 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 my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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 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.
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 enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Have I become an enemy to you, by preaching to you the truth?
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect 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 good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only 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 little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah 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.
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 desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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 sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was 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 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Hagar.
And these are allegorical of the two covenants; the one from mount Sinai, which bringeth forth for bondage, is Hagar.
25 For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and 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 Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
But the Jerusalem above, is the free woman, who is the mother of us.
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.
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 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Now we, my brethren, like Isaac, are the children of the 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.
And as then, he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him who was born of the Spirit; so also is it 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.
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 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
So then, my brethren, we are not sons of the bond-woman, but sons of the free woman.
