Galatians 4
1 And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant — being lord of all,
NOW I affirm, that as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be master of all;
2 but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father,
but is under tutors and trustees until the time fixed by his father.
3 so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles of the world:
4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
but when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the law,
5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!'
But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!
7 so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Therefore thou art no more a slave, but a son, and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
8 But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,
But at that time when ye knew not God, ye served those who by nature are not gods.
9 and now, having known God — and rather being known by God — how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?
But now after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a second time ye desire to be in bondage?
10 days ye observe, and months, and times, and years!
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
I am afraid for you, lest haply I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
12 Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Be as I am, for I also am as ye are, brethren―this is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the least.
13 and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,
Ye know that with infirmity of flesh I preached to you the gospel at the first.
14 and my trial that [is] in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me — as Christ Jesus;
And my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected with disgust; but as an angel of God ye received me, even as Christ Jesus himself.
15 what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;
What then was your blessedness, for I bear witness to you that, if it were possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.
16 so that your enemy have I become, 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 for them ye may be zealous;
They affect zeal for you, not honourably; but they wish to exclude us, that you may be zealously attached to 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;
It is good indeed to be zealously affected in a good cause always, and not only when I am present with you.
19 my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
My little children of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
20 and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
I wish I could be with you now, and change my address; for I am in doubt about you.
21 Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free.
23 but he who [is] of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who [is] of the free-woman, through the promise;
Now the son of the bond-maid was born after the flesh, but that by the free woman was by promise.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;
Which things are allegorical; for these are the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, gendering unto bondage, which is represented by Agar.
25 for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds with Jerusalem that 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 the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 for it hath been written, 'Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate — more than of her having the husband.'
For it is written, “Rejoice, thou barren who bearest not, cry out and shout for joy, thou that travailest not, for more are the children of her that was desolate, than of her which had an husband.”
28 And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,
So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the children of the promise.
29 but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him 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 is it now.
30 but what saith the Writing? 'Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'
But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the bond-woman and her son for the son of the bond-maid shall in no wise inherit with the son of the free woman.”
31 then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
