1Now[G1161] I say[G3004], That the heir[G2818], as[G1909] long as[G3745] he is[G2076] a child[G3516], differeth[G1308]nothing[G3762] from a servant[G1401], though he be[G5607]lord[G2962] of all[G3956];
2But[G235]is[G2076]under[G5259]tutors[G2012]and[G2532]governors[G3623]until[G891] the time appointed[G4287] of the father[G3962].
3Even[G2532]so[G3779]we[G2249], when[G3753]we[G2249]were[G2258]children[G3516], were[G2258] in bondage[G1402]under[G5259] the elements[G4747] of the world[G2889]:
4But[G1161]when[G3753] the fulness[G4138]of[G1537] the time[G5550] was come[G2064], God[G2316] sent forth[G1821]his[G846]Son[G5207], made[G1096]of[G1537] a woman[G1135], made[G1096]under[G5259] the law[G3551],
5To[G2443]redeem[G1805] them that[G2443] were under[G5259] the law[G3551], that[G2443] we might receive[G618] the adoption of sons[G5206].
6And[G1161]because[G3754] ye are[G2075]sons[G5207], God[G2316] hath sent forth[G1821] the Spirit[G4151] of his[G846]Son[G5207]into[G1519]your[G5216]hearts[G2588], crying[G2896], Abba[G5], Father[G3962].
7Wherefore[G5620] thou art[G1488] no more[G3765] a servant[G1401], but[G235] a son[G5207]; and[G1161]if[G1487] a son[G5207], then[G2532] an heir[G2818] of God[G2316]through[G1223]Christ[G5547].
8Howbeit[G235]then[G5119], when ye knew[G1492]not[G3756]God[G2316], ye did service[G1398] unto them which by nature[G5449]are[G5607]no[G3361]gods[G2316].
9But[G1161]now[G3568], after that ye[G1994] have known[G1097]God[G2316], or[G1161]rather[G3123] are known[G1097]of[G5259]God[G2316], how[G4459] turn ye[G1994]again[G3825]to[G1909] the weak[G772]and[G2532]beggarly[G4434]elements[G4747], whereunto[G3739]ye[G1994]desire[G2309]again[G509]to[G1909] be in bondage?[G1398]
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Ye observe[G3906]days[G2250], and[G2532]months[G3376], and[G2532]times[G2540], and[G2532]years[G1763].
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I am afraid[G5399] of you[G5209], lest[G3381] I have bestowed[G2872]upon[G1519]you[G5209]labour[G2872] in vain[G1500].
12Brethren[G80], I[G1473]beseech[G1189]you[G5216], be[G1096]as[G5613]I[G2504] am; for[G3754]I[G2504] am as[G5613]ye[G5210] are: ye[G5210] have not injured[G91]me[G3165] at all[G3762].
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Ye know[G1492]how[G3754]through[G1223]infirmity[G769] of the flesh[G4561] I preached the gospel[G2097] unto you[G5213] at the first[G4386].
14And[G2532]my[G3450]temptation[G3986] which was in[G1722]my[G3450]flesh[G4561] ye despised[G1848]not[G3756], nor[G3761]rejected[G1609]; but[G235]received[G1209]me[G3165]as[G5613] an angel[G32] of God[G2316], even as[G5613]Christ[G5547]Jesus[G2424].
15Where[G5101]is[G2258]then[G3767] the blessedness[G3108]ye[G5216] spake of? for[G1063] I bear[G3140]you[G5213]record[G3140], that[G3754], if[G1487] it had been possible[G1415], ye[G5216] would have plucked out[G1846]your[G5216] own eyes[G3788], and have given them[G302] to me[G3427].
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Am I[G1096]therefore[G5620]become[G1096]your[G5216]enemy[G2190], because I[G1096]tell[G226]you[G5213] the truth?[G226]
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They zealously affect[G2206]you[G5209], but not[G3756]well[G2573]; yea[G235], they would[G2309]exclude[G1576]you[G5209], that[G2443] ye might affect[G2206]them[G846].
18But[G1161] it is good[G2570] to be zealously affected[G2206]always[G3842]in[G1722] a good[G2570] thing, and[G2532]not[G3361]only[G3440]when[G1722]I[G3165] am present[G3918]with[G4314]you[G5209].
19My[G3450] little children[G5040], of whom[G3739] I travail in[G1722]birth[G5605]again[G3825]until[G891]Christ[G5547] be formed[G3445]in[G1722]you[G5213],
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I desire[G2309] to be present[G3918]with[G4314]you[G5209]now[G737], and[G2532] to change[G236]my[G3450]voice[G5456]; for[G3754] I stand in doubt[G639]of[G1722]you[G5213].
21Tell[G3004]me[G3427], ye[G191] that desire[G2309] to be[G1511]under[G5259] the law[G3551], do ye[G191]not[G3756]hear[G191] the law?[G3551]
22For[G1063] it is written[G1125], that[G3754]Abraham[G11]had[G2192]two[G1417]sons[G5207], the one[G1520]by[G1537] a bondmaid[G3814], the other[G1520]by[G1537] a freewoman[G1658].
23But[G235]he[G3303] who was of[G1537] the bondwoman[G3814] was born[G1080]after[G2596] the flesh[G4561]; but[G1161]he[G3303]of[G1537] the freewoman[G1658] was by[G1223]promise[G1860].
24Which[G3748]things[G3748]are[G2076] an allegory[G238]: for[G1063]these[G3778]are[G1526] the two[G1417]covenants[G1242]; the one[G3391]from[G575] the mount[G3735]Sinai[G4614], which[G3748]gendereth[G1080]to[G1519]bondage[G1397], which[G3748]is[G2076]Agar[G28].
25For[G1063] this Agar[G28]is[G2076]mount[G3735]Sinai[G4614]in[G1722]Arabia[G688], and[G1161]answereth[G4960] to Jerusalem[G2419]which[G3588] now is[G3568], and[G1161]is[G3568]in[G1722]bondage[G1398]with[G3326]her[G846]children[G5043].
26But[G1161]Jerusalem[G2419]which[G3748]is[G2076]above[G507]is[G2076]free[G1658], which[G3748]is[G2076] the mother[G3384] of us[G2257]all[G3956].
27For[G1063] it is written[G1125], Rejoice[G2165], thou barren[G4723] that bearest[G5088]not[G3756]; break forth[G4486]and[G2532]cry[G994], thou that travailest[G5605]not[G3756]: for[G3754] the desolate[G2048]hath[G2192] many more[G4183]children[G5043]than[G3123] she which hath[G2192] an husband[G435].
28Now[G1161]we[G2249], brethren[G80], as[G2596]Isaac[G2464]was[G2596], are[G2070] the children[G5043] of promise[G1860].
29But[G235]as[G5618]then[G5119] he that was born[G1080]after[G2596] the flesh[G4561]persecuted[G1377] him that was born[G1080]after[G2596] the Spirit[G4151], even[G2532]so[G3779] it is now[G3568].
30Nevertheless[G235]what[G5101]saith[G3004] the scripture?[G1124] Cast out[G1544] the bondwoman[G3814]and[G2532]her[G846]son[G5207]: for[G1063] the son[G5207] of the bondwoman[G3814]shall[G2816]not[G3364] be heir[G2816]with[G3326] the son[G5207] of the freewoman[G1658].
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So then[G686], brethren[G80], we are[G2070]not[G3756]children[G5043] of the bondwoman[G3814], but[G235] of the free[G1658].