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Sons and Heirs
Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;
Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;
but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father.
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.
to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Paul's Concern for the Galatians
But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
Ye observe days and months and times and years.
You observe days and months and seasons and years!
I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
Be as *I* [am], for *I* also [am] as *ye*, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.
But ye know that in weakness of the flesh I announced the glad tidings to you at the first;
You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first,
and my temptation, which [was] in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
What then [was] your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given [them] to me.
What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.
So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?
They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.
They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.
But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you --
It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,
my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:
my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!
and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you.
I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Hagar and Sarah
Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
Example of Hagar and Sarah
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the promise.
But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.
Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;
but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.
For it is written,
“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to Spirit, so also [it is] now.
But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.”