chapter_Galatians_4
Galatians 4:1: And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant &#8212; being lord of all, Galatians 4:2: but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father, Galatians 4:3: so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude, Galatians 4:4: and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, Galatians 4:5: that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive; Galatians 4:6: and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!' Galatians 4:7: so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ. Galatians 4:8: But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods, Galatians 4:9: and now, having known God &#8212; and rather being known by God &#8212; how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude? Galatians 4:10: days ye observe, and months, and times, and years! Galatians 4:11: I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you. Galatians 4:12: Become as I am &#8212; because I also am as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt, Galatians 4:13: and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first, Galatians 4:14: and my trial that is in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me &#8212; as Christ Jesus; Galatians 4:15: what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me; Galatians 4:16: so that your enemy have I become, being true to you? Galatians 4:17: they are zealous for you &#8212; yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous; Galatians 4:18: and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you; Galatians 4:19: my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you, Galatians 4:20: and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you. Galatians 4:21: Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear? Galatians 4:22: for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman, Galatians 4:23: but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise; Galatians 4:24: which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar; Galatians 4:25: for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now is, and is in servitude with her children, Galatians 4:26: and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all, Galatians 4:27: 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 &#8212; more than of her having the husband.' Galatians 4:28: And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise, Galatians 4:29: but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now; Galatians 4:30: 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;' Galatians 4:31: then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
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