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Galatians 4

New American Standard Bible 1995

Sonship in Christ

1NowG1161 I sayG3004, as longG5550 as the heirG2818 is a 1childG3516, he does not differG1308 at allG3761 from a slaveG1401 although he is 2ownerG2962 of everythingG3956, 2but he is underG5259 guardiansG2012 and 3managersG3623 untilG891 the dateG4287 setG4287 by the fatherG3962. 3SoG3779 alsoG2532 we, whileG3753 we were childrenG3516, were heldG1402 4in bondageG1402 underG5259 the 56elementalG4747 thingsG4747 of the worldG2889. 4But whenG3753 7the fullnessG4138 of the timeG5550 cameG2064, GodG2316 sentG1821 forthG1821 His SonG5207, 8bornG1096 of a womanG1135, bornG1096 9underG5259 10the LawG3551, 5soG2443 that He might redeemG1805 thoseG3588 who were underG5259 11the LawG3551, that we might receiveG618 the adoptionG5206 as 12sonsG5206. 6BecauseG3754 you are sonsG5207, 13GodG2316 has sentG1821 forthG1821 the SpiritG4151 of His SonG5207 into our heartsG2588, cryingG2896, “14AbbaG5! FatherG3962!” 7ThereforeG5620 you are noG3765 longerG3765 a slaveG1401, but a sonG5207; and 15ifG1487 a sonG5207, thenG2532 an heirG2818 16throughG1223 GodG2316.

8HoweverG235 at that timeG5119, 17when you did not knowG3609 GodG2316, you were 18slavesG1398 to 19thoseG3588 which by natureG5449 are noG3361 godsG2316. 9But nowG3568 that you have come to knowG1097 GodG2316, orG1161 ratherG3123 to be 20knownG1097 by GodG2316, 21howG4459 is it that you turnG1994 backG1994 againG3825 to the weakG772 and worthlessG4434 2223elementalG4747 thingsG4747, to whichG3739 you desireG2309 to be enslavedG1398 allG509 overG509 againG3825? 10You 24observeG3906 daysG2250 and monthsG3376 and seasonsG2540 and yearsG1763. 11I fearG5399 for you, that perhapsG4458 I have laboredG2872 25overG1519 you in vainG1500.

12I begG1189 of you, 26brethrenG80, 27becomeG1096 as I am, for I alsoG2532 have become as you are. You have doneG91 me noG3762 wrongG91; 13but you knowG3609 that it was becauseG1223 of a 28bodilyG4561 illnessG769 that I preachedG2097 the gospelG2097 to you the 29firstG4387 timeG4387; 14and that whichG3986 was a 30trialG3986 to you in my 31bodilyG4561 conditionG4561 you did not despiseG1848 orG3761 32loatheG1609, but 33you receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, as 34ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 35that senseG3108 of blessingG3108 you had? For I bearG3140 you witnessG3140 that, ifG1487 possibleG1415, you would have pluckedG1846 out your eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to me. 16SoG5620 have I becomeG1096 your enemyG2190 36by 37tellingG226 you the truthG226? 17They eagerlyG2206 seekG2206 you, not commendablyG2573, but they wishG2309 to shutG1576 you out soG2443 that you will seekG2206 them. 18But it is goodG2570 alwaysG3842 to be eagerlyG2206 soughtG2206 in a commendableG2570 38mannerG2570, and 39not onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG3918 presentG3918 with you. 1940My childrenG5043, with whomG3739 41I amG5605 againG3825 in laborG5605 untilG3360 42ChristG5547 is formedG3445 in you-- 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG3918 with you nowG737 and to changeG236 my toneG5456, for 43I amG639 perplexedG639 aboutG1722 you.

Bond and Free

21TellG3004 me, you who wantG2309 to be underG5259 lawG3551, do you not 44listenG191 to the lawG3551? 22For it is writtenG1125 that AbrahamG11 hadG2192 twoG1417 sonsG5207, 45oneG1520 by the bondwomanG3814 and 46oneG1520 by the freeG1658 womanG1658. 23But 47the son by the bondwomanG3814 48was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, and 49the son by the freeG1658 womanG1658 throughG1223 the promiseG1860. 245051ThisG3748 is allegoricallyG238 speakingG238, for theseG3778 women are twoG1417 covenantsG1242: oneG1520 proceeding from 52MountG3735 SinaiG4614 bearingG1080 childrenG1080 53who are to be 54slavesG1397; 55she is HagarG28. 25NowG3568 thisG3588 HagarG28 is MountG3735 SinaiG4614 in ArabiaG688 and correspondsG4960 to the presentG3568 JerusalemG2419, for she is in slaveryG1398 with her childrenG5043. 26But 56the JerusalemG2419 aboveG507 is freeG1658; 57she is our motherG3384. 27For it is writtenG1125, “58RejoiceG2165, barrenG4723 womanG4723 who does not bearG5088; BreakG4486 forthG4486 and shoutG994, you who are not in laborG5605; For moreG4183 numerousG4183 are the childrenG5043 of the desolateG2048 ThanG2228 of the one who hasG2192 a husbandG435.” 28And you brethrenG80, 59likeG2596 IsaacG2464, are 60childrenG5043 of promiseG1860. 29But as at that timeG5119 61he who was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561 62persecutedG1377 him who was born accordingG2596 to the SpiritG4151, 63soG3779 it is nowG3568 alsoG2532. 30But whatG5101 does the ScriptureG1124 sayG3004? “64CastG1544 out the bondwomanG3814 and her sonG5207, For 65the sonG5207 of the bondwomanG3814 shall not be an heirG2816 with the sonG5207 of the freeG1658 womanG1658.” 31SoG1352 thenG1352, brethrenG80, we are not childrenG5043 of a bondwomanG3814, 66but of the freeG1658 womanG1658.

Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:1 Or minor ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:1 Lit lord ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:2 Or stewards ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:3 Gal 2:4; 4:8f, 24f ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:3 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:3 Gal 4:9; Col 2:8, 20; Heb 5:12 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:4 Mark 1:15 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:4 John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 8:3; Phil 2:7 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:4 Luke 2:21f, 27 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:4 Or law ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:5 Or law ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:5 Rom 8:14; Gal 3:26 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:6 Acts 16:7; Rom 5:5; 8:9, 16; 2 Cor 3:17 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 4:6 Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 4:7 Rom 8:17 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 4:7 I.e. through the gracious act of ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 4:8 1 Cor 1:21; Eph 2:12; 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 4:8 Gal 4:3 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 4:8 2 Chr 13:9; Is 37:19; Jer 2:11; 1 Cor 8:4f; 10:20 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 4:10 Rom 14:5; Col 2:16 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 4:11 Or for ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 4:12 Gal 6:18 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 4:12 2 Cor 6:11, 13 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 4:13 Lit weakness of the flesh ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 4:13 Or former ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 4:14 Or temptation ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 4:14 Lit flesh ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 4:14 Lit spit out at ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 4:14 Matt 10:40; 1 Thess 2:13 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 4:14 Gal 3:26 ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 4:15 Lit the congratulation of yourselves ↩
  36. 36. Galatians 4:16 Amos 5:10 ↩
  37. 37. Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you ↩
  38. 38. Galatians 4:18 Or thing ↩
  39. 39. Galatians 4:18 Gal 4:13f ↩
  40. 40. Galatians 4:19 1 John 2:1 ↩
  41. 41. Galatians 4:19 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  42. 42. Galatians 4:19 Eph 4:13 ↩
  43. 43. Galatians 4:20 2 Cor 4:8 ↩
  44. 44. Galatians 4:21 Luke 16:29 ↩
  45. 45. Galatians 4:22 Gen 16:15 ↩
  46. 46. Galatians 4:22 Gen 21:2 ↩
  47. 47. Galatians 4:23 Rom 9:7; Gal 4:29 ↩
  48. 48. Galatians 4:23 Lit has been born ↩
  49. 49. Galatians 4:23 Gen 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11 ↩
  50. 50. Galatians 4:24 Lit Which ↩
  51. 51. Galatians 4:24 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
  52. 52. Galatians 4:24 Deut 33:2 ↩
  53. 53. Galatians 4:24 Lit into slavery ↩
  54. 54. Galatians 4:24 Gal 4:3 ↩
  55. 55. Galatians 4:24 Lit which ↩
  56. 56. Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12; 21:2, 10 ↩
  57. 57. Galatians 4:26 Lit which ↩
  58. 58. Galatians 4:27 Is 54:1 ↩
  59. 59. Galatians 4:28 Gal 4:23 ↩
  60. 60. Galatians 4:28 Rom 9:7ff; Gal 3:29 ↩
  61. 61. Galatians 4:29 Gal 4:23 ↩
  62. 62. Galatians 4:29 Gen 21:9 ↩
  63. 63. Galatians 4:29 Gal 5:11 ↩
  64. 64. Galatians 4:30 Gen 21:10, 12 ↩
  65. 65. Galatians 4:30 John 8:35 ↩
  66. 66. Galatians 4:31 V 5:1, note 1 ↩

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