Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:16-23

16Have I now becomeG5620G1096 yourG4771 enemyG2190 by telling you the truthG226G4771?

17Those people are zealous for youG2206G4771, but notG3756 in a good wayG2573. InsteadG235, they wantG2309 to isolateG1576 youG4771 from us, so thatG2443 you may be zealousG2206 for themG846. 18NeverthelessG1161, it is goodG2570 to be zealousG2206 if it servesG1722 a nobleG2570 purpose—at any timeG3842, andG2532 notG3361 onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG1473 withG3918G4314 youG4771.

19MyG1473 childrenG5043, for whomG3739 I am againG3825 in the pains of childbirthG5605 untilG3360 ChristG5547 is formedG3445 inG1722 youG4771, 20how I wishG2309 I could beG3918 withG4314 youG4771 nowG737 andG2532 changeG236 myG1473 toneG5456, becauseG3754 I am perplexedG639 aboutG1722 youG4771.

21TellG3004 meG1473, you whoG3588 wantG2309 to beG1510 underG5259 the lawG3551, do you not understandG3756G191 what theG3588 lawG3551 says? 22ForG1063 it is writtenG1125 thatG3754 AbrahamG11 hadG2192 twoG1417 sonsG5207, oneG1520 byG1537 theG3588 slave womanG3814 andG2532 the other byG1537 theG3588 freeG1658 woman.1 23HisG3588 son byG1537 theG3588 slave womanG3814 was bornG1080 according toG2596 the fleshG4561, but his son byG1537 theG3588 freeG1658 woman was born throughG1223 theG3588 promiseG1860.

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  1. 1. Galatians 4:22 See Genesis 16:15 and Genesis 21:2–3. ↩

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