Sons and Heirs 1 DRA Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; BSB BSB: 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.
2 DRA But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father: BSB BSB: He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 DRA So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world. BSB BSB: So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
5 DRA That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons. BSB BSB: to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 DRA And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father. BSB BSB: And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 DRA Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God. BSB BSB: So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians 8 DRA But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them, who, by nature, are not gods. BSB BSB: Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 DRA But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements, which you desire to serve again? BSB BSB: 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?
10 DRA You observe days, and months, and times, and years. BSB BSB: You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11 DRA I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you. BSB BSB: I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
12 DRA Be ye as I, because I also am as you: brethren, I beseech you: you have not injured me at all. BSB BSB: I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13 DRA And you know, how through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel to you heretofore: and your temptation in my flesh, BSB BSB: You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 DRA You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. BSB BSB: 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.
15 DRA Where is then your blessedness? For I bear you witness, that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and would have given them to me. BSB BSB: 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.
16 DRA Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? BSB BSB: Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 DRA They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them. BSB BSB: 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.
18 DRA But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19 DRA My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you. BSB BSB: My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20 DRA And I would willingly be present with you now, and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you. BSB BSB: how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Hagar and Sarah (Genesis 21:9–21)
21 DRA Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law? BSB BSB: Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
22 DRA For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free woman. BSB BSB: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 DRA But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise. BSB BSB: His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
24 DRA Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from mount Sina, engendering unto bondage; which is Agar: BSB BSB: 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.
25 DRA For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. BSB BSB: Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26 DRA But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is our mother. BSB BSB: But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
27 DRA For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not: break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband. BSB BSB: 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.”
28 DRA Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. BSB BSB: Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 DRA But as then he, that was born according to the flesh, persecuted him that was after the spirit; so also it is now. BSB BSB: At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 DRA But 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 free woman. BSB BSB: 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.”
31 DRA So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free. BSB BSB: Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.