Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:16-23

16SoG5620 have I becomeG1096 your enemyG2190 1by 2tellingG226 you theG226 truthG226? 17They eagerlyG2206 seekG2206 you, not 3in 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 4in a commendableG2570 wayG2570, and 5not onlyG3440 whenG1722 I amG3918 presentG3918 with you. 196My childrenG5043, with whomG3739 7I amG5605 againG3825 inG5605 laborG5605 untilG3360 8ChristG5547 is formedG3445 in you-- 20but I could wishG2309 to be presentG3918 with you nowG737 and to changeG236 my tone of voiceG5456, for 9I amG639 atG639 aG639 lossG639 aboutG1722 you!

21TellG3004 me, you who wantG2309 to be underG5259 lawG3551, do you not 10listenG191 to the LawG3551? 22For it is writtenG1125 that AbrahamG11 hadG2192 twoG1417 sonsG5207, 11oneG1520 by the slaveG3814 womanG3814 and 12oneG1520 by the freeG1658 womanG1658. 23But 13the son by the slaveG3814 womanG3814 14was bornG1080 accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, and 15the son by the freeG1658 womanG1658 throughG1223 the promiseG1860.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:16 Amos 5:10 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:16 Or dealing truthfully with you ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:17 Or with good intentions ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:18 Or with good intentions ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:18 Gal 4:13f ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:19 1 John 2:1 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:19 1 Cor 4:15 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:19 Eph 4:13 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:20 2 Cor 4:8 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 4:21 Luke 16:29 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 4:22 Gen 16:15 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 4:22 Gen 21:2 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 4:23 Rom 9:7; Gal 4:29 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 4:23 Lit has been born ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 4:23 Gen 17:16ff; 18:10ff; 21:1; Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11 ↩

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