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Galatians 4

31 aligned verses; 31 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child , differeth nothing from a servant , though he be lord of all ;
And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe , he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all ,
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father .
but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father ,
Even so we, when we were children , were in bondage under the elements of the world :
so also we, when we were babes , under the elements of the world were in servitude,
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons .
that those under law he may redeem , that the adoption of sons we may receive;
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father .
and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, ` Abba, Father !'
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
so that thou art no more a servant, but a son , and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods .
But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods ,
But now, after that ye have known God , or rather are known of God , how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements , whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ?
and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude ?
Ye observe days , and months, and times, and years .
days ye observe, and months, and times, and years !
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you .
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Become as I ` am ' -- because I also ` am ' as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first .
and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first ,
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not , nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God , even as Christ Jesus .
and my trial that `is' in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me -- as Christ Jesus ;
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of ? for I bear you record , that , if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me .
what then was your happiness ? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out , ye would have given to me ;
Am I therefore become your enemy , because I tell you the truth ?
so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?
They zealously affect you , but not well ; yea , they would exclude you , that ye might affect them .
they are zealous for you -- `yet' not well, but they wish to shut us out , that for them ye may be zealous;
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing , and not only when I am present with you .
and ` it is ' good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you ;
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
my little children, of whom again I travail in birth , till Christ may be formed in you,
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you.
and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice , because I am in doubt about you.
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law ?
Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh ; but he of the freewoman was by promise .
but he who `is' of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who `is' of the free-woman, through the promise ;
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants ; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage , which is Agar.
which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants : one , indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth , which is Hagar;
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children .
for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now ` is ' , and is in servitude with her children ,
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all .
and the Jerusalem above is the free -woman , which is mother of us all ,
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
for it hath been written, ` Rejoice, O barren , who art not bearing ; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many `are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband. '
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was , are the children of promise .
And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise ,
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now .
but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now ;
Nevertheless what saith the scripture ? Cast out the bondwoman and her son : for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
but what saith the Writing ? ` Cast forth the maid-servant and her son , for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman , but of the free.
then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free -woman's .

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