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World English Bible

Galatians 4 (WEBP)

[1] But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
[2] but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
[3] So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
[4] But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
[5] that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
[6] And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
[7] So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
[8] However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
[9] But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
[10] You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
[11] I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
[12] I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
[13] but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
[14] That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
[15] What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
[16] So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
[17] They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
[18] But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
[19] My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
[20] but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
[21] Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
[22] For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.
[23] However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
[24] These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
[25] For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
[26] But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
[27] For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”
[28] Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
[29] But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
[30] However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
[31] So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.

Galatians 4:6 Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
Galatians 4:27
Galatians 4:30

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Galatians 4 (KJVS)

[1] Now I say, () That the heir, as long as he is () a child, differeth () nothing from a servant, though he be () lord of all;
[2] but is () under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
[3] Even so we, when we were () children, were () in bondage () under the elements of the world:
[4] but when the fulness of the time was come, () God sent forth () his Son, made () of a woman, made () under the law,
[5] to redeem () them that were under the law, that we might receive () the adoption of sons.
[6] And because ye are () sons, God hath sent forth () the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, () Abba, Father.
[7] Wherefore thou art () no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
[8] Howbeit then, when ye knew () not God, ye did service () unto them which by nature are () no gods.
[9] 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? ()
[10] Ye observe () days, and months, and times, and years.
[11] I am afraid () of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour () in vain.
[12] Brethren, I beseech () you, be () as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured () me at all.
[13] Ye know () how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel () unto you at the first.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] Am I therefore become () your enemy, because I tell you the truth? ()
[17] They zealously affect () you, but not well; yea, they would () exclude () you, that ye might affect () them.
[18] But it is good to be zealously affected () always in a good thing, and not only when I am present () with you.
[19] My little children, of whom I travail in birth () again until Christ be formed () in you,
[20] I desire () to be present () with you now, and to change () my voice; for I stand in doubt () of you.
[21] Tell () me, ye that desire () to be () under the law, do ye not hear () the law?
[22] For it is written, () that Abraham had () two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
[23] But he who was of the bondwoman was born () after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
[24] Which things are () an allegory: () for these are () the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth () to bondage, which is () Agar.
[25] For this Agar is () mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth () to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage () with her children.
[26] But Jerusalem which is above is () free, which is () the mother of us all.
[27] 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.
[28] Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are () the children of promise.
[29] But as then he that was born () after the flesh persecuted () him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
[30] 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.
[31] So then, brethren, we are () not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

Galatians 4:3 Or, rudiments
Galatians 4:9a Or, back
Galatians 4:9b Or, rudiments
Galatians 4:15 Or, What was then?
Galatians 4:17 Or, us
Galatians 4:20 Or, I am perplexed for you
Galatians 4:24 Or, testaments

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Galatians 4 (BYZ)

[1] Λέγω () δέ, () ἐφ’ () ὅσον () χρόνον () ὁ () κληρονόμος () νήπιός () ἐστιν, () οὐδὲν () διαφέρει () δούλου, () κύριος () πάντων () ὤν· ()
[2] ἀλλὰ () ὑπὸ () ἐπιτρόπους () ἐστὶν () καὶ () οἰκονόμους, () ἄχρι () τῆς () προθεσμίας () τοῦ () πατρός. ()
[3] Οὕτως () καὶ () ἡμεῖς, () ὅτε () ἦμεν () νήπιοι, () ὑπὸ () τὰ () στοιχεῖα () τοῦ () κόσμου () ἦμεν () δεδουλωμένοι· ()
[4] ὅτε () δὲ () ἦλθεν () τὸ () πλήρωμα () τοῦ () χρόνου, () ἐξαπέστειλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ, () γενόμενον () ἐκ () γυναικός, () γενόμενον () ὑπὸ () νόμον, ()
[5] ἵνα () τοὺς () ὑπὸ () νόμον () ἐξαγοράσῃ, () ἵνα () τὴν () υἱοθεσίαν () ἀπολάβωμεν. ()
[6] Ὅτι () δέ () ἐστε () υἱοί, () ἐξαπέστειλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸ () πνεῦμα () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὰς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν, () κρᾶζον, () Ἀββᾶ, () ὁ () πατήρ. ()
[7] Ὥστε () οὐκέτι () εἶ () δοῦλος, () ἀλλ’ () υἱός· () εἰ () δὲ () υἱός, () καὶ () κληρονόμος () θεοῦ () διὰ () χριστοῦ. ()
[8] Ἀλλὰ () τότε () μέν, () οὐκ () εἰδότες () θεόν, () ἐδουλεύσατε () τοῖς () μὴ () φύσει () οὖσιν () θεοῖς· ()
[9] νῦν () δέ, () γνόντες () θεόν, () μᾶλλον () δὲ () γνωσθέντες () ὑπὸ () θεοῦ, () πῶς () ἐπιστρέφετε () πάλιν () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἀσθενῆ () καὶ () πτωχὰ () στοιχεῖα, () οἷς () πάλιν () ἄνωθεν () δουλεύειν () θέλετε; ()
[10] Ἡμέρας () παρατηρεῖσθε, () καὶ () μῆνας, () καὶ () καιρούς, () καὶ () ἐνιαυτούς. ()
[11] Φοβοῦμαι () ὑμᾶς, () μήπως () εἰκῇ () κεκοπίακα () εἰς () ὑμᾶς. ()
[12] Γίνεσθε () ὡς () ἐγώ, () ὅτι () κἀγὼ () ὡς () ὑμεῖς, () ἀδελφοί, () δέομαι () ὑμῶν. () Οὐδέν () με () ἠδικήσατε· ()
[13] οἴδατε () δὲ () ὅτι () δι’ () ἀσθένειαν () τῆς () σαρκὸς () εὐηγγελισάμην () ὑμῖν () τὸ () πρότερον. ()
[14] Καὶ () τὸν () πειρασμόν () μου () τὸν () ἐν () τῇ () σαρκί () μου () οὐκ () ἐξουθενήσατε () οὐδὲ () ἐξεπτύσατε, () ἀλλ’ () ὡς () ἄγγελον () θεοῦ () ἐδέξασθέ () με, () ὡς () χριστὸν () Ἰησοῦν. ()
[15] Τίς () οὖν () ἦν () ὁ () μακαρισμὸς () ὑμῶν; () Μαρτυρῶ () γὰρ () ὑμῖν () ὅτι, () εἰ () δυνατόν, () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () ὑμῶν () ἐξορύξαντες () ἂν () ἐδώκατέ () μοι. ()
[16] Ὥστε () ἐχθρὸς () ὑμῶν () γέγονα () ἀληθεύων () ὑμῖν; ()
[17] Ζηλοῦσιν () ὑμᾶς () οὐ () καλῶς, () ἀλλὰ () ἐκκλεῖσαι () ὑμᾶς () θέλουσιν, () ἵνα () αὐτοὺς () ζηλοῦτε. ()
[18] Καλὸν () δὲ () τὸ () ζηλοῦσθαι () ἐν () καλῷ () πάντοτε, () καὶ () μὴ () μόνον () ἐν () τῷ () παρεῖναί () με () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς. ()
[19] Τεκνία () μου, () οὓς () πάλιν () ὠδίνω, () ἄχρι () οὗ () μορφωθῇ () χριστὸς () ἐν () ὑμῖν, ()
[20] ἤθελον () δὲ () παρεῖναι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () ἄρτι, () καὶ () ἀλλάξαι () τὴν () φωνήν () μου, () ὅτι () ἀποροῦμαι () ἐν () ὑμῖν. ()
[21] Λέγετέ () μοι, () οἱ () ὑπὸ () νόμον () θέλοντες () εἶναι, () τὸν () νόμον () οὐκ () ἀκούετε; ()
[22] Γέγραπται () γάρ, () ὅτι () Ἀβραὰμ () δύο () υἱοὺς () ἔσχεν· () ἕνα () ἐκ () τῆς () παιδίσκης, () καὶ () ἕνα () ἐκ () τῆς () ἐλευθέρας. ()
[23] Ἀλλ’ () ὁ () μὲν () ἐκ () τῆς () παιδίσκης () κατὰ () σάρκα () γεγέννηται, () ὁ () δὲ () ἐκ () τῆς () ἐλευθέρας () διὰ () τῆς () ἐπαγγελίας. ()
[24] Ἅτινά () ἐστιν () ἀλληγορούμενα· () αὗται () γάρ () εἰσιν () δύο () διαθῆκαι· () μία () μὲν () ἀπὸ () ὄρους () Σινᾶ, () εἰς () δουλείαν () γεννῶσα, () ἥτις () ἐστὶν () Ἅγαρ. ()
[25] Τὸ () γὰρ () Ἅγαρ () Σινᾶ () ὄρος () ἐστὶν () ἐν () τῇ () Ἀραβίᾳ, () συστοιχεῖ () δὲ () τῇ () νῦν () Ἱερουσαλήμ, () δουλεύει () δὲ () μετὰ () τῶν () τέκνων () αὐτῆς. ()
[26] Ἡ () δὲ () ἄνω () Ἱερουσαλὴμ () ἐλευθέρα () ἐστίν, () ἥτις () ἐστὶν () μήτηρ () πάντων () ἡμῶν· ()
[27] γέγραπται () γάρ, () Εὐφράνθητι, () στεῖρα, () ἡ () οὐ () τίκτουσα· () ῥῆξον () καὶ () βόησον, () ἡ () οὐκ () ὠδίνουσα· () ὅτι () πολλὰ () τὰ () τέκνα () τῆς () ἐρήμου () μᾶλλον () ἢ () τῆς () ἐχούσης () τὸν () ἄνδρα. ()
[28] Ἡμεῖς () δέ, () ἀδελφοί, () κατὰ () Ἰσαάκ, () ἐπαγγελίας () τέκνα () ἐσμέν. ()
[29] Ἀλλ’ () ὥσπερ () τότε () ὁ () κατὰ () σάρκα () γεννηθεὶς () ἐδίωκεν () τὸν () κατὰ () πνεῦμα, () οὕτως () καὶ () νῦν. ()
[30] Ἀλλὰ () τί () λέγει () ἡ () γραφή; () Ἔκβαλε () τὴν () παιδίσκην () καὶ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτῆς, () οὐ () γὰρ () μὴ () κληρονομήσῃ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τῆς () παιδίσκης () μετὰ () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () τῆς () ἐλευθέρας. ()
[31] Ἄρα, () ἀδελφοί, () οὐκ () ἐσμὲν () παιδίσκης () τέκνα, () ἀλλὰ () τῆς () ἐλευθέρας. ()

Galatians 4:3 N ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι ⇒ ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι
Galatians 4:6 N ὑμῶν ⇒ ἡμῶν
Galatians 4:7a N ἀλλ’ ⇒ ἀλλὰ
Galatians 4:7b N θεοῦ διὰ χριστοῦ ⇒ διὰ θεοῦ
Galatians 4:8 N μὴ φύσει ⇒ φύσει μὴ
Galatians 4:11 N μήπως ⇒ μή πως
Galatians 4:14a N μου τὸν ἐν τῇ ⇒ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ
Galatians 4:14b N ἀλλ’ ⇒ ἀλλὰ
Galatians 4:15a N Τίς οὖν ἦν ⇒ Ποῦ οὖν
Galatians 4:15b N ἂν ⇒ -
Galatians 4:18 N τὸ ⇒ -
Galatians 4:19a N Τεκνία ⇒ Τέκνα
Galatians 4:19b N ἄχρι ⇒ μέχρις
Galatians 4:23 N διὰ τῆς ⇒ δι’
Galatians 4:25a N γὰρ ⇒ δὲ
Galatians 4:25b N δὲ μετὰ ⇒ γὰρ μετὰ
Galatians 4:26 N πάντων ⇒ -
Galatians 4:28a N Ἡμεῖς ⇒ Ὑμεῖς
Galatians 4:28b N ἐσμέν ⇒ ἐστέ
Galatians 4:30 N κληρονομήσῃ ⇒ κληρονομήσει
Galatians 4:31 N Ἄρα ⇒ Διό