Galatians 4
1 And I say, now as much time as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a servant, [though] being lord of all,
NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed of the father,
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world,
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4 and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 and because you are sons, God 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, crying, Abba, Father.
7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8 But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9 and now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how [do] you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which you desire anew to be in servitude?
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?
10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years!
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
13 and you have known that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed good news to you at the first,
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
14 and you did not despise nor reject my trial that [is] in my flesh, but you received me as a messenger of God—as Christ Jesus;
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.
15 what then was your blessedness? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked out your eyes, you would have given [them] to me;
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.
16 so have I become your enemy, being true to you?
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 They are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for them;
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18 and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19 my little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may be formed in you,
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20 indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21 Tell me, you who are willing to be under law, do you not hear the Law?
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the free [woman],
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 but he who [is] of the maidservant has been according to flesh, but he who [is] of the free [woman], through the promise,
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth to servitude, which is Hagar;
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 and the Jerusalem above is the free [woman], which is mother of us all,
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 for it has been written: “Rejoice, O barren, who is not bearing; break forth and cry, you who are not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate—more than of her having the husband.”
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.
28 And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of promise,
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 but as he then who was born according to the flesh persecuted him [born] according to the Spirit, so also now;
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 but what does the Writing say? “Cast forth the maidservant and her son, for the son of the maidservant may not be heir with the son of the free [woman]”;
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.
31 then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
