Galatians 4

¹Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

²Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

³But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

⁴But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

⁵Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

⁶Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

⁷But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

⁸But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

⁹To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

¹⁰To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

¹¹And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

¹²And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

¹³Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

¹⁴Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

¹⁵Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

¹⁶Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

¹⁷But 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?

¹⁸But 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?

¹⁹Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

²⁰Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

²¹I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

²²I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

²³Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

²⁴Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

²⁵Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

²⁶Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

²⁷And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

²⁸And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

²⁹Where 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.

³⁰Where 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.

³¹Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

³²Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

³³They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

³⁴They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

³⁵But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

³⁶But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

³⁷My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

³⁸My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

³⁹I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

⁴⁰I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

⁴¹Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

⁴²Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

⁴³For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

⁴⁴For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

⁴⁵But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

⁴⁶But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

⁴⁷Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

⁴⁸Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

⁴⁹For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

⁵⁰For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

⁵¹But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

⁵²But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

⁵³For 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.

⁵⁴For 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.

⁵⁵Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

⁵⁶Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

⁵⁷But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

⁵⁸But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

⁵⁹Nevertheless 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.

⁶⁰Nevertheless 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.

⁶¹So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

⁶²So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.