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What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.
Sons and Heirs Through Christ
Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,
Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,
The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Fears for the Church
But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
You observe days and months and seasons and years.
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all.
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,
You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.
and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.
They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them.
It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.
But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
Hagar and Sarah
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
Two Covenants
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,
These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children —
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
For it is written:
“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”