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, as long as he is a minor, differs in no respect from a servant, though he is owner of all;
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
but is under guardians and managers till the time appointed by the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
So, also, we, when we were minors, were in bondage under the rudiments 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 fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
that he might buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
So, then, you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God, through Christ.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
But, then, because you knew not God, you were enslaved to those who, by 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?
now, however, after having known God, rather indeed having been known by God, how is it that you are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments, to which you desire again to be in bondage, as at first?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
You observe days and months and times and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
fear for you, lest I have bestowed labor upon 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.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
You know that through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first:
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 my trial, which was in my flesh, you did not despise or loathe; but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
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.
How great, then, was your blessedness! For I testify for you, that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Have I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
They are ardently attached to you, but not honorably; indeed, they desire to exclude us, that you may be ardently attached to them.
18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
It is honorable to be ardently attached always, in what is honorable, and not only when I am present with you.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
My little children, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till Christ 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.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not understand 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 a bondmaid, and one by a free woman.
23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.
But the one by the bondmaid was born according to the flesh; the other, by the free woman, was by 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 Agar.
These things are allegorized: for these women are the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai that brings forth for bondage, which is Hagar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
For Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
But Jerusalem which is above is free; and she is the mother of us all.
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: Rejoice you barren, that do not bear: break forth and cry aloud, you that travail not: for many more are the children of the deserted, than of her that had the husband of the deserted.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
We, indeed, brethren, like Isaac, are children of 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.
But as then, he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was born according to the Spirit, so even 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 says the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free-woman.
