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Galatians 4:9-31

9But nowG3568 that you have come to knowG1097 GodG2316, orG1161 ratherG3123 to be 1knownG1097 by GodG2316, 2howG4459 is it that you turnG1994 backG1994 againG3825 to the weakG772 and worthlessG4434 34elementalG4747 thingsG4747, to whichG3739 you desireG2309 to be enslavedG1398 allG509 overG509 againG3825? 10You 5observeG3906 daysG2250 and monthsG3376 and seasonsG2540 and yearsG1763. 11I fearG5399 for you, that perhapsG4458 I have laboredG2872 6overG1519 you in vainG1500.

12I begG1189 of you, 7brethrenG80, 8becomeG1096 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 9bodilyG4561 illnessG769 that I preachedG2097 the gospelG2097 to you the 10firstG4387 timeG4387; 14and that whichG3986 was a 11trialG3986 to you in my 12bodilyG4561 conditionG4561 you did not despiseG1848 orG3761 13loatheG1609, but 14you receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, as 15ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 16that 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 17by 18tellingG226 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 19mannerG2570, and 20not onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG3918 presentG3918 with you. 1921My childrenG5043, with whomG3739 22I amG5605 againG3825 in laborG5605 untilG3360 23ChristG5547 is formedG3445 in you-- 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG3918 with you nowG737 and to changeG236 my toneG5456, for 24I amG639 perplexedG639 aboutG1722 you.

21TellG3004 me, you who wantG2309 to be underG5259 lawG3551, do you not 25listenG191 to the lawG3551? 22For it is writtenG1125 that AbrahamG11 hadG2192 twoG1417 sonsG5207, 26oneG1520 by the bondwomanG3814 and 27oneG1520 by the freeG1658 womanG1658. 23But 28the son by the bondwomanG3814 29was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, and 30the son by the freeG1658 womanG1658 throughG1223 the promiseG1860. 243132ThisG3748 is allegoricallyG238 speakingG238, for theseG3778 women are twoG1417 covenantsG1242: oneG1520 proceeding from 33MountG3735 SinaiG4614 bearingG1080 childrenG1080 34who are to be 35slavesG1397; 36she 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 37the JerusalemG2419 aboveG507 is freeG1658; 38she is our motherG3384. 27For it is writtenG1125, “39RejoiceG2165, 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, 40likeG2596 IsaacG2464, are 41childrenG5043 of promiseG1860. 29But as at that timeG5119 42he who was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561 43persecutedG1377 him who was born accordingG2596 to the SpiritG4151, 44soG3779 it is nowG3568 alsoG2532. 30But whatG5101 does the ScriptureG1124 sayG3004? “45CastG1544 out the bondwomanG3814 and her sonG5207, For 46the 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, 47but of the freeG1658 womanG1658.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:9 1 Cor 8:3 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:9 Col 2:20 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:9 Or rudimentary teachings or principles ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:9 Gal 4:3 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:10 Rom 14:5; Col 2:16 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:11 Or for ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:12 Gal 6:18 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:12 2 Cor 6:11, 13 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:13 Lit weakness of the flesh ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:13 Or former ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:14 Or temptation ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:14 Lit flesh ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:14 Lit spit out at ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 4:14 Matt 10:40; 1 Thess 2:13 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 4:14 Gal 3:26 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 4:15 Lit the congratulation of yourselves ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 4:16 Amos 5:10 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 4:18 Or thing ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 4:18 Gal 4:13f ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 4:19 1 John 2:1 ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 4:19 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 4:19 Eph 4:13 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 4:20 2 Cor 4:8 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 4:21 Luke 16:29 ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 4:22 Gen 16:15 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 4:22 Gen 21:2 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 4:23 Rom 9:7; Gal 4:29 ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 4:23 Lit has been born ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 4:23 Gen 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11 ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 4:24 Lit Which ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 4:24 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 4:24 Deut 33:2 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 4:24 Lit into slavery ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 4:24 Gal 4:3 ↩
  36. 36. Galatians 4:24 Lit which ↩
  37. 37. Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12; 21:2, 10 ↩
  38. 38. Galatians 4:26 Lit which ↩
  39. 39. Galatians 4:27 Is 54:1 ↩
  40. 40. Galatians 4:28 Gal 4:23 ↩
  41. 41. Galatians 4:28 Rom 9:7ff; Gal 3:29 ↩
  42. 42. Galatians 4:29 Gal 4:23 ↩
  43. 43. Galatians 4:29 Gen 21:9 ↩
  44. 44. Galatians 4:29 Gal 5:11 ↩
  45. 45. Galatians 4:30 Gen 21:10, 12 ↩
  46. 46. Galatians 4:30 John 8:35 ↩
  47. 47. Galatians 4:31 V 5:1, note 1 ↩

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