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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,
Sonship in Christ
Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,
Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,
but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth 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 that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
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.
However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no 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?
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
You observe days and months and seasons and years.
You observe days and months and seasons and years.
I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all.
I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;
You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.
but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;
and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.
Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them.
They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.
But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I am present with you.
My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you —
I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
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?
Bond and Free
Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,
But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.
This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.
for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children —
Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.
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.”
For it is written,
“REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR;
BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;
FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE
THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”
“REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR;
BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;
FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE
THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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.
But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.
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.”
But what does the Scripture say?
“CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON,
FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.”
“CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON,
FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.”