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American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
But
I say
that so
long as the heir is a child, he differeth
nothing
from a bondservant
though
he is lord
of all;
What
I am
saying
is
that as
long as the heir is a child, he is
no
different
from a slave,
although
he is the
owner
of everything.
but
is under
guardians and stewards
until the day
appointed
of
the
father.
He
is subject
to
guardians and trustees
until the date
set
by
his
father.
So we
also, when we were children, were held
in
bondage
under the rudiments
of the world :
So also, when we were children, we
were enslaved
under the basic
principles
of the world .
but when the fulness
of
the
time came
, God sent forth
his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
But when the time had
fully
come
, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
that
he
might
redeem them
that
were
under the law, that we might receive the
adoption of
sons.
to
redeem those
under the law, that we might receive our
adoption as
sons.
And because ye
are sons, God sent forth
the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father .
And because you
are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out
, “
Abba, Father !”
So that
thou
art
no longer a bondservant
, but a son; and if
a son, then
an heir through God.
So you
are
no longer a slave
, but a son; and since
you
are
a son, you
are
also
an heir through God.
Howbeit
at
that
time
, not knowing
God, ye
were in
bondage
to them
that
by nature are no
gods :
Formerly
, when
you
did
not know
God, you
were slaves
to those
who
by nature are not
gods .
but now that ye
have
come
to
know God, or rather to
be
known by God, how turn
ye
back again
to the
weak and beggarly
rudiments,
whereunto
ye
desire
to be in
bondage
over again?
But now that you
know God, or rather are
known by God, how is
it
that
you
are
turning
back to those
weak and worthless
principles?
Do
you
wish
to be enslaved
by
them
all
over again?
Ye
observe
days ,
and months ,
and seasons ,
and years .
You
are
observing
special
days and months and seasons and years !
I am
afraid
of
you, lest
by
any
means
I
have
bestowed
labor
upon
you in vain.
I fear
for
you, that
my
efforts
for
you may
have
been
in vain.
I beseech
you, brethren
, become as
I
`am'
, for I also
`am
become'
as
ye
`are'
. Ye
did
me no wrong :
I beg
you, brothers
, become like
me
, for I became
like
you
. You
have
done
me no wrong .
but
ye
know that because of an infirmity
of
the
flesh
I preached the gospel unto
you the
first
time:
You
know that it
was
because of an illness
that
I first
preached the gospel to
you .
and that
which
was a temptation
to you in
my
flesh
ye
despised
not, nor
rejected;
but
ye
received
me as an angel of God, `even'
as Christ Jesus.
And although
my
illness
was a trial
to you ,
you
did
not despise
or
reject
me.
Instead
, you
welcomed
me as if
I
were
an angel of God, as if
I
were
Christ Jesus Himself
.
Where
then is
that
gratulation
of yourselves
? for I bear
you
witness,
that, if possible, ye
would have plucked
out your eyes and given them to me.
What
then has
become
of your
blessing
? For I can
testify
that, if it
were
possible, you
would have torn
out your eyes and given them to me.
So
then
am
I become your enemy ,
by telling you the truth?
Have
I now
become your enemy by telling you the truth?
They
zealously
seek
you in no
good way ;
nay
, they desire
to shut
you out
, that ye
may seek
them.
Those
people
are
zealous
for
you ,
but
not
in a
good way .
Instead
, they want
to isolate
you from
us
, so
that you
may be
zealous
for
them.
But
it is good to be zealously
sought
in
a good
matter
at all
times
, and not only when I am present
with you.
Nevertheless,
it is good to be zealous
if
it
serves
a noble
purpose—
at any
time
, and not only when I am with you.
My little
children, of
whom I am again in travail
until Christ be
formed in you --
My children, for
whom I am again in the
pains
of
childbirth
until Christ is
formed in you ,
but
I could
wish to
be present
with you now ,
and to
change my tone ;
for
I am perplexed about you.
how
I wish I
could
be with you now and change my tone ,
because
I am perplexed about you.
Tell me, ye
that
desire
to be under the law, do ye
not hear
the law?
Tell me, you
who
want
to be under the law, do you
not understand
what
the law says
?
For it is written ,
that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid,
and one
by the freewoman
.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave
woman
and the
other
by the free
woman
.
Howbeit
the
`
son '
by the handmaid
is
born after
the flesh ;
but the
`
son '
by the freewoman
`is
born '
through promise.
His
son by the slave
woman
was
born according
to
the flesh ,
but his
son by the free
woman
was
born through the
promise.
Which
things contain
an
allegory:
for these
`
women '
are
two covenants ;
one from mount Sinai ,
bearing
children unto
bondage,
which
is Hagar.
These
things serve
as
illustrations,
for the
women represent
two covenants .
One covenant
is
from Mount Sinai and
bears
children into
slavery:
This
is Hagar.
Now this
Hagar is
mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth
to the Jerusalem that
now
is:
for
she is in bondage
with her children.
Now Hagar stands
for
Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds
to the present-day
Jerusalem ,
because
she is in slavery
with her children.
But the Jerusalem that
is
above is free, which
is our mother.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and
she
is our mother.
For it is written ,
Rejoice, thou
barren that
bearest
not
; Break forth and cry, thou
that
travailest
not:
For
more are the children of the desolate than of her that
hath
the
husband.
For it is written :
“
Rejoice, O
barren woman,
who
bears
no
children
; break forth and cry aloud
, you
who
have
never
travailed;
because
more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who
has
a
husband. ”
Now we
, brethren
, as
Isaac was
, are children of promise.
Now you
, brothers
, like
Isaac, are children of promise.
But
as
then
he
that was
born after
the flesh persecuted him
`that
was
born '
after
the Spirit ,
so
also
it is now.
At
that time,
however,
the
son
born by
the flesh persecuted the
son
born by
the Spirit .
It is the
same
now.
Howbeit
what saith
the scripture? Cast
out
the handmaid
and her son :
for the son of
the handmaid
shall
not
inherit
with the son of
the
freewoman
.
But
what does
the Scripture say
? “Expel
the slave
woman
and her son ,
for the slave
woman’s
son will
never
share
in
the inheritance
with the free
woman’s
son. ”
Wherefore
, brethren
, we are not children of a
handmaid
, but of the freewoman
.
Therefore
, brothers
, we are not children of the
slave
woman
, but of the free
woman
.
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