ASV_Strong : Galatians 4
1. But[G1161] I say[G3004] that so long[G5550] as[G3745] the heir[G1909] is[G2076] a[G5550] child[G3516], he differeth[G1308] nothing[G3762] from[G1308] a bondservant[G1401] though[G1401] he is lord[G2962] of all[G3956];
2. but[G235] is[G2076] under[G5259] guardians[G2012] and[G2532] stewards[G3623] until[G891] the day appointed[G4287] of the father[G3962].
3. So[G3779] we[G2249] also[G3753], when we[G2249] were[G1510] children[G3516], were[G1510] held in bondage[G1402] under[G5259] the rudiments[G4747] of the world[G2889]:
4. but[G1161] when[G3753] the fulness[G4138] of the time[G5550] came[G2064], God[G2316] sent forth[G1821] his[G846] Son[G5207], born[G1096] of[G1537] a woman[G1135], born[G1096] under[G5259] the law[G3551],
5. that he might redeem[G1805] them[G3588] that were[G2443] under[G5259] the law[G3551], that[G2443] we might receive[G618] the adoption of sons[G5206].
6. And[G1161] because[G3754] ye are[G2075] sons[G5207], God[G2316] sent forth[G1821] the Spirit[G4151] of his[G846] Son[G5207] into[G1519] our[G5216] hearts[G2588], crying[G2896], Abba[G5], Father[G3962].
7. So[G5620] that thou art[G1488] no longer[G3765] a bondservant[G1401], but[G235] a son[G5207]; and[G1161] if[G1487] a son[G5207], then[G2532] an heir[G2818, 2316] through[G1223] God[G5547].
8. Howbeit[G235] at that time[G1492], not[G3756] knowing God[G2316], ye were in bondage[G1398] to them that[G3588] by nature[G5449] are[G5607] no[G3361] gods[G2316]:
9. but[G1161] now[G3568] that ye have come to know[G1097] God[G2316], or[G1161] rather[G3123] to be known[G1097] by[G5259] God[G2316], how[G4459] turn ye[G1994] back again[G3825] to[G1909] the weak[G772] and[G2532] beggarly[G4434] rudiments[G4747], whereunto[G3739] ye desire[G2309] to be in bondage[G1398] over[G509] again[G3825]?
10. Ye observe[G3906] days[G2250], and[G2532] months[G3376], and[G2532] seasons[G2540], and[G2532] years[G1763].
11. I am afraid of[G5399] you[G5209], lest[G3381] by any means I have bestowed[G2872] labor[G2872] upon[G1519] you[G5209] in vain[G1500].
12. I beseech[G1189] you[G5216], brethren[G80], become[G1096] as[G5613] I[G1473] am[G3754], for I[G2504] also am become as[G5613] ye[G5210] are[G91]. Ye did me[G3165] no[G3762] wrong[G91]:
13. but ye know[G1492] that[G3754] because[G1161] of[G1223] an infirmity[G769] of the flesh[G4561] I preached the gospel[G2097] unto you[G5213] the first time[G4386]:
14. and[G2532] that[G3450] which was[G3588] a temptation[G3986] to you in[G1722] my[G3450] flesh[G4561] ye despised[G1848] not[G3756], nor[G3761] rejected[G1609]; but[G235] ye received[G1209] me[G3165] as[G5613] an angel[G32] of God[G2316], even as[G5613] Christ[G5547] Jesus[G2424].
15. Where[G5101] then[G3767] is[G2258] that[G3754] gratulation[G3108] of[G5216] yourselves[G1063]? for I bear[G3140] you[G5213] witness[G3140], that[G3754], if[G1487] possible[G1415], ye would have plucked out[G1846] your eyes[G302] and given them[G1325] to me[G3427].
16. So[G5620] then am I[G1096] become[G1096] your[G5216] enemy[G2190], by telling[G226] you[G5213] the truth[G226]?
17. They zealously seek[G2206] you[G5209] in no[G3756] good[G2573] way[G235]; nay, they desire[G2309] to shut you[G5209] out[G1576], that[G2443] ye may seek[G2206] them[G846].
18. But[G1161] it is good[G2570] to be zealously sought[G2206] in[G1722] a good[G2570] matter at all times[G3842], and[G2532] not[G3361] only[G3440, 1722] when I[G1722] am present[G3918] with[G4314] you[G5209].
19. My[G3450] little children[G5040], of whom[G3739] I am again[G3825] in travail[G5605] until[G891, 3739] Christ[G5547] be formed[G3445] in[G1722] you[G5213]—
20. but I could[G1161] wish[G2309] to be present[G3918] with[G4314] you[G5209] now[G737], and[G2532] to change[G236] my[G3450] tone[G5456]; for[G3754] I am perplexed[G639] about[G1722] you[G5213].
21. Tell[G3004] me[G3427], ye that[G3588] desire[G2309] to be[G1511] under[G5259] the law[G3551], do ye[G191] not[G3756] hear[G191] the law[G3551]?
22. For[G1063] it is written[G1125], that[G3754] Abraham[G11] had[G2192] two[G1417] sons[G5207], one[G1520] by[G1537] the handmaid[G2532], and one[G1520] by[G1537] the freewoman[G1658].
23. Howbeit[G235] the son[G3588, Ezekiel3] by[G1537] the handmaid[G3814] is born[G1080] after[G2596] the flesh[G4561]; but[G1161] the son[G3588] by[G1223] the freewoman[G1658] is born through[G1223] promise[G1860].
24. Which things[G3748] contain[G2076] an allegory[G238]: for[G1063] these[G3778] women are[G2076, 1242] two[G1417] covenants[G1242]; [G3303] one[G1520] from[G575] mount[G3735] Sinai[G4614], bearing[G1080] children unto[G1519] bondage[G1397], which[G3748] is[G2076] Hagar[G28].
25. Now[G1063] this[G3588] Hagar[G28] is[G2076] mount[G3735] Sinai[G4614] in[G1722] Arabia[G688] and[G1161] answereth to[G4960] the Jerusalem[G2419] that[G3588] now[G3568] is[G3588]: for[G1161] she is in bondage[G1398] with[G3326] her[G846] children[G5043].
26. But[G1161] the Jerusalem[G2419] that is[G3588] above[G507] is[G2076] free[G1658], which[G3748] is[G2076, 3956] our[G2257] mother[G3384].
27. For[G1063] it is written[G1125], Rejoice[G2165], thou barren[G4723] that[G3588] bearest[G5088] not[G3756]; Break forth[G4486] and[G2532] cry[G994], thou that[G3588] travailest[G5605] not[G3756]: For[G3754, 4183] more[G4183] are the children[G5043] of[G2048] the desolate than[G2228] of her that[G3588] hath[G2192] the husband[G435].
28. Now[G1161] we[G2249], brethren[G80], as[G2596] Isaac was[G2464], are[G2070] children[G5043] of promise[G1860].
29. But[G235] as[G5618] then[G5119] he that[G3588] was born[G1080] after[G2596] the flesh[G4561] persecuted[G1377] him[G3588] that was born after[G2596] the Spirit[G4151], so[G3779] also[G2532] it is now[G3568].
30. Howbeit[G235] what[G5101] saith[G3004] the scripture[G1124]? Cast out[G1544] the handmaid[G3814] and[G2532] her[G846] son[G5207]: for[G1063] the son[G5207] of the handmaid[G3814] shall[G2816] not[G3756, 3361] inherit[G2816] with[G3326] the son[G5207] of the freewoman[G1658].
31. Wherefore[G686], brethren[G80], we are[G2070] not[G3756] children[G5043] of a handmaid[G3814], but[G235] of the freewoman[G1658].
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