{"book":"Galatians","slug":"galatians","ch":4,"genre":"letter","sub":"Galatians","prev":"galatians/3","next":"galatians/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[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.","f":[],"h":"Sons and Heirs","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by [his] father.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.","f":["Or elemental forces; similarly in verse 9"],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"But when the time {had} fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under [the] law,","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"to redeem those under [the] law, that we might receive [our] adoption as sons.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out,“ Abba, Father!”","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since [you are] a son, [you are] also an heir through God.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Concern for the Galatians","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"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?","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"You are observing [special] days and months and seasons and years!","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"I fear for you, [that] my efforts for you may have been in vain.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"You know that it was because of an illness [that] I first preached the gospel to you.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"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].","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Have I now become your enemy [by] telling you the truth?","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"[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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Nevertheless, [it is] good to be zealous if it serves a noble [purpose] — at any time, and not only when I am with you.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"[how] I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Tell me, [you] who want to be under [the] law, do you not understand [what] the law [says]?","f":[],"h":"Hagar and Sarah","style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and [the other] by the free [woman].","f":["See Genesis 16:15 and Genesis 21:2–3."]},{"v":23,"t":"His [son] by the slave woman was born according to [the] flesh, [but] [his son] by the free [woman] [was born] through the promise.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"But the Jerusalem above is free, [and she] is our mother.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"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.”","f":["Isaiah 54:1"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"For it is written:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Rejoice, [O] barren woman,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who bears no children;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"break forth and cry aloud,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[you] who {have} never travailed;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because more [are] the children of the desolate woman"},{"style":"indent2","t":"than of her who has a husband.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":28,"t":"Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.","f":["WH, BYZ, and TR we"],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"At that time, however, the [son] born by [the] flesh persecuted the [son born] by [the] Spirit. [It is] the same now.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"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.”","f":["Genesis 21:10"],"style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"Therefore, brothers, we are not children of [the] slave woman, but of the free [woman].","f":[]}]}