New American Standard Bible 2020
Galatians 4:14-31
14and you did not despiseG1848 that whichG3986 wasG3986 aG3986 trialG3986 to you in my 1bodilyG4561 conditionG4561, norG3761 expressG1609 contemptG1609, but 2you receivedG1209 me as an angelG32 of GodG2316, as ChristG5547 JesusG2424 Himself. 15WhereG4226 thenG3767 is 3that senseG3108 ofG3108 blessingG3108 you had? For I testifyG3140 about you that, ifG1487 possibleG1415, you would have tornG1846 outG1846 your eyesG3788 and givenG1325 them to me. 16SoG5620 have I becomeG1096 your enemyG2190 4by 5tellingG226 you theG226 truthG226? 17They eagerlyG2206 seekG2206 you, not 6in a commendableG2573 wayG2573, but they wantG2309 to shutG1576 you outG1576 soG2443 thatG2443 you will seekG2206 them. 18But it is goodG2570 alwaysG3842 to be eagerlyG2206 soughtG2206 7in a commendableG2570 wayG2570, and 8not onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG3918 presentG3918 with you. 199My childrenG5043, with whomG3739 10I amG5605 againG3825 inG5605 laborG5605 untilG3360 11ChristG5547 is formedG3445 in you-- 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG3918 with you nowG737 and to changeG236 my tone of voiceG5456, for 12I amG639 atG639 aG639 lossG639 aboutG1722 you!
21TellG3004 me, you who wantG2309 to be underG5259 lawG3551, do you not 13listenG191 to the LawG3551? 22For it is writtenG1125 that AbrahamG11 hadG2192 twoG1417 sonsG5207, 14oneG1520 by the slaveG3814 womanG3814 and 15oneG1520 by the freeG1658 womanG1658. 23But 16the son by the slaveG3814 womanG3814 17was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, and 18the son by the freeG1658 womanG1658 throughG1223 the promiseG1860. 241920ThisG3748 is speakingG238 allegoricallyG238, for theseG3778 women are twoG1417 covenantsG1242: oneG1520 coming from 21MountG3735 SinaiG4614 givingG1080 birthG1080 toG1080 childrenG1080 22who are to be 23slavesG1397; 24she is HagarG28. 25NowG1161 thisG3588 HagarG28 is MountG3735 SinaiG4614 in ArabiaG688 and correspondsG4960 to the presentG3568 JerusalemG2419, for she is enslavedG1398 with her childrenG5043. 26But 25the JerusalemG2419 aboveG507 is freeG1658; 26she is our motherG3384. 27For it is writtenG1125: “27RejoiceG2165, infertileG4723 one, you who do not giveG5088 birthG5088; BreakG4486 forthG4486 and shoutG994, you who areG5605 not inG5605 laborG5605; For the childrenG5043 of the desolateG2048 one are moreG4183 numerousG4183 ThanG2228 those of the one who hasG2192 a husbandG435.” 28And you, brothersG80 and sisters, 28likeG2596 IsaacG2464, are 29childrenG5043 of promiseG1860. 29But as at that timeG5119 30the son who was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561 31persecutedG1377 the one who was born accordingG2596 to the SpiritG4151, 32soG3779 it is evenG2532 nowG3568. 30But whatG5101 does the ScriptureG1124 sayG3004? “33DriveG1544 out the slaveG3814 womanG3814 and her sonG5207, For 34the sonG5207 of the slaveG3814 womanG3814 shall not beG2816 anG2816 heirG2816 with the sonG5207 of the freeG1658 womanG1658.” 31SoG1352 thenG1352, brothersG80 and sisters, we are not childrenG5043 of a slaveG3814 womanG3814, but of the freeG1658 womanG1658.
Notes
- 1. Galatians 4:14 Lit flesh ↩
- 2. Galatians 4:14 Matt 10:40; 1 Thess 2:13 ↩
- 3. Galatians 4:15 I.e., considering yourselves fortunate ↩
- 4. Galatians 4:16 Amos 5:10 ↩
- 5. Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you ↩
- 6. Galatians 4:17 Or with good intentions ↩
- 7. Galatians 4:18 Or with good intentions ↩
- 8. Galatians 4:18 Gal 4:13f ↩
- 9. Galatians 4:19 1 John 2:1 ↩
- 10. Galatians 4:19 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
- 11. Galatians 4:19 Eph 4:13 ↩
- 12. Galatians 4:20 2 Cor 4:8 ↩
- 13. Galatians 4:21 Luke 16:29 ↩
- 14. Galatians 4:22 Gen 16:15 ↩
- 15. Galatians 4:22 Gen 21:2 ↩
- 16. Galatians 4:23 Rom 9:7; Gal 4:29 ↩
- 17. Galatians 4:23 Lit has been born ↩
- 18. Galatians 4:23 Gen 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11 ↩
- 19. Galatians 4:24 Lit Which ↩
- 20. Galatians 4:24 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
- 21. Galatians 4:24 Deut 33:2 ↩
- 22. Galatians 4:24 Lit into slavery ↩
- 23. Galatians 4:24 Gal 4:3 ↩
- 24. Galatians 4:24 Lit which ↩
- 25. Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12; 21:2, 10 ↩
- 26. Galatians 4:26 Lit which ↩
- 27. Galatians 4:27 Is 54:1 ↩
- 28. Galatians 4:28 Gal 4:23 ↩
- 29. Galatians 4:28 Rom 9:7ff; Gal 3:29 ↩
- 30. Galatians 4:29 Gal 4:23 ↩
- 31. Galatians 4:29 Gen 21:9 ↩
- 32. Galatians 4:29 Gal 5:11 ↩
- 33. Galatians 4:30 Gen 21:10, 12 ↩
- 34. Galatians 4:30 John 8:35 ↩
Commentaries on Galatians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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