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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.
Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had.
The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set.
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
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.
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or months or seasons or years.
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,
Surely you remember that I was sick when I first brought you the Good News.
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.
But even though my condition tempted you to reject me, you did not despise me or turn me away. No, you took me in and cared for me as though I were an angel from God or even 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.
Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Have I now become your enemy because I am telling 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.
Those false teachers are so eager to win your favor, but their intentions are not good. They are trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay attention only to them.
It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.
If someone is eager to do good things for you, that’s all right; but let them do it all the time, not just when I’m with you.
My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
I wish I were with you right now so I could change my tone. But at this distance I don’t know how else to help 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?
Abraham’s Two Children
Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
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.
The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his 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.
These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother.
Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.
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 you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.